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THOMAS JOSEPH CAREY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1943 – January 26, 1967
Service recordThomas Joseph Carey, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 79
- KIRBY WAYNE BRADFORDPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- HOWARD HADDEN DEANSergeant · January 26, 1967
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 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.