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THOMAS JOE PUFF
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 23, 1951 – November 15, 1971
Service recordThomas Joe Puff, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 68
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1971; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 68
- VINCENT PATRICK MARTIN JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1971
- WILFRED NORBERT POEPPINGSpecialist Four · November 15, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
- CHARLES HOWARD RICHIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 67
- JOHN ANDREW CHARNOPLOSKYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 67
- VINCENT PATRICK MARTIN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 68
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.