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THOMAS JOSEPH VASIL
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 19, 1947 – April 7, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Vasil, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 35
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 35
- DARRELL EDWARD WALDENSergeant · April 7, 1969
- WILLIAM JAY WOOLSEYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES ALAIMOSergeant · April 8, 1969
- FRANCIS DOMINICK ALIVENTOWarrant Officer 1 · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GEORGE MAYSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 32
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 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.