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THOMAS JOHN BRENNAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordThomas John Brennan, of Melrose, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Melrose, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 17
- ROBERT LEE BALLPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- CLARENCE BOWMAN JRCorporal · June 18, 1968
- VERNON BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- ROBERT BUTLER BUCHANANStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ROBERT ANTONOVICHSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 21
- MARK ANDREW WENZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56W, Line 30
From Melrose
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- HAROLD HERMAN HIRTLEMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · May 13, 1969
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
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.