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THOMAS JOSEPH VEZEAU
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1951 – February 25, 1970
Service recordThomas Joseph Vezeau, of Derry, New Hampshire, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Derry, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 55
- BOBBIE RAY BAXTERSergeant First Class · February 25, 1970
- ROY JAMES ROGERSCorporal · February 25, 1970
- DONALD JAMES WADECorporal · February 25, 1970
- MARTIN WALKER JRStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1970
From Derry
- VERNE MILTON GREELEYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- ALBERT LINWOOD PAGE JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- JOHN WINCHESTER MCGUIREPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- DAVID ALAN ACKERMANPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.