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THOMAS JOHN LOBACK
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 8, 1946 – February 19, 1968
Service recordThomas John Loback, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 24
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- DAVID HARRY LEWISStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JOHN B MADISONStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JENKINSSergeant First Class · Panel 40E, Line 23
- JOHN EDWARD MILANOWSKISergeant · Panel 40E, Line 25
- LARRY RICHARD MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 25
- DONALD PETER ROEMERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 30
- BOBBIE EARL SIKESSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 31
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.