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THOMAS JOSEPH ORR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1948 – May 28, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Orr, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 10
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 10
- RONNIE GENE KLOMSTADSeaman · May 24, 1969
- DAVID ROY MANNSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- DENNIS RAY MEETZESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
- CHRIS MONROE PYLEPetty Officer Second Class · May 28, 1969
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.