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THOMAS JOSEPH TISCHLER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1948 – April 22, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Tischler, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 28
- JOHNNIE PERRY STEPHENS JRFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- WALTER SHELBY VANCLEAVELieutenant Colonel · April 22, 1969
- JERRY LEE WALLCorporal · April 22, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.