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THOMAS JOSEPH FOX JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1950 – May 9, 1970
Service recordThomas Joseph Fox JR, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 5
- RHONALD LEE DURHAMCaptain · May 9, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE FULTONSergeant · May 9, 1970
- STEPHEN HAROLD HAIGHTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- CHESTER GENE HALLSergeant · May 9, 1970
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.