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THOMAS JOSEPH SZYDLO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1947 – July 25, 1967
Service recordThomas Joseph Szydlo, of West Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 1
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MORTAR BTRY 1 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- West Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 1
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
- LEONARD TAYLOR WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 25, 1967
- LEWIS DIXON WILMOTHSpecialist Four · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD BRAZIKCaptain · July 26, 1967
From West Warwick
- FRANK MANUEL PACHECOSergeant First Class · August 31, 1967
- JOHN KNOWLES KOSTERSpecialist Four · December 8, 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.