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THOMAS JEFFERSON SIZEMORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1940 – July 7, 1969
Service recordThomas Jefferson Sizemore, of Beaver, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 78
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Beaver, Ohio (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 78
- PAUL HENRY SHEEHANFirst Sergeant · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES EARL SMITHStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1969
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · July 7, 1969
- SHELBY MILES TROTTERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LEVATOSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 76
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 77
- DANNY KEITH YELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 79
From Beaver
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LUTHER ROBINSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.