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THOMAS JOSEPH DOWD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – December 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Dowd, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 77
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 77
- THOMAS LESLIE ANDERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD DEANSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- DAVID LEROY EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- BOB JOE FORD JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY JEFFREY BURKESpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 75
- DAVID LEON BARBERSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 76
- JAMES HOWARD DEANSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 77
- DAVID LEROY EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 77
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 78
- ARTHUR ROBERT HERNDONCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 78
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 79
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.