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THOMAS JOSEPH KANE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1948 – September 21, 1966
Service recordThomas Joseph Kane, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 129
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 129
- JOHN WILLIAM JOLLEY JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- THOMAS PATRICK KINDTSergeant · September 21, 1966
- BILLY LANE LAUFFERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- EDWARD ALFRED WELLINGSPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 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.