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THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1930 – May 26, 1966
Service recordThomas John Winkelvoss, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 111
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- WILLIAM RAYMOND REILLYLance Corporal · May 26, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 109
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 110
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 111
- ROBERT SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 111
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SWEENEYLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
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.