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THOMAS JOSEPH MARGLE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 17, 1936 – February 15, 1968
Service recordThomas Joseph Margle, of New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 15, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 50
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 17, 1936
- Home of record
- New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; nine of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Ninh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 50
- CLAYTON LIGGINSStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- DOMENICO MORGERA JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- PATRICK WILLIAM MURPHYLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
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.