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THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – February 8, 1970
Service recordThomas Lawrence Morano, of Freeport, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk (70A)
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Freeport, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 116
- JAMES LINWOOD BRITTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- WILSON COUCH KOEHLERSergeant · February 8, 1970
- JOSEPH WAYNE MCDONALDLance Corporal · February 8, 1970
- GREGORY PAUL WAKULICHPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- WAYNE KARL WOODLANDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
From Freeport
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- DON BROWN PARSONS JRLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL WAINZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
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.