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THOMAS JEROME DOSTAL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1945 – August 25, 1969
Service recordThomas Jerome Dostal, of Iowa City, Iowa, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- April 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Iowa City, Iowa (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 111
- LABROSSIE LUCIEN BAKERCorporal · August 25, 1969
- BARRY BRYANT COERSWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1969
- JAMES AUGUSTUS FRANCISSpecialist Five · August 25, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST GAFTUNIKSergeant · August 25, 1969
From Iowa City
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- ELWIN ROY SHAINMajor · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- DARRELL L HAMLINSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.