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THOMAS JOHN MEAD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1949 – June 3, 1969
Service recordThomas John Mead, of Wood Dale, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Wood Dale, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 54
- GEORGE ALAN KIGERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- DARWIN LYN LABAHNSergeant · June 3, 1969
- SAMMY LOUIS MEAD JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- PAUL WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
From Wood Dale
- CONRAD THOMAS LANGELance Corporal · June 9, 1967
- LYLE FRANCIS KELLCorporal · December 2, 1969
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.