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THOMAS JOSEPH GUARALDI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1947 – May 16, 1967
Service recordThomas Joseph Guaraldi, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 8
- ARCHIE LEE GUTHRIEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- BENJAMIN HARRISON INGALLSPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- CHESTER JOSEPH JOYCorporal · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WALTER BEDNARZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 5
- PETER JOSEPH NICOLINISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 9
- BICKETT ORLANDO WADE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 11
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.