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THOMAS KENNETH EMMONS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1945 – March 5, 1966
Service recordThomas Kenneth Emmons, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 116
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 116
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOSEPH GEORGE EVANS JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RICKEY DEAN GARNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BROWNSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 114
- ALBERT CABANAYANCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 114
- LELAND FRANCIS DIXONCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 115
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- ROY GONZALES JRCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ALAN CRAIG MULFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 121
- ROBERT LANI NUEKULance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 121
- DAVID LOUIS SABECPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 123
- ROYCE GLENN SCOGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 124
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.