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THOMAS LEE LOAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – March 24, 1969
Service recordThomas Lee Loan, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 27
- JOHN DAVID HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD KEELERSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- MONTY GILBERT LACKASSergeant · March 24, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS MANNINGPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ANDREW HOLAN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 26
- JOHN DAVID HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 27
- DENNIS MICHAEL SILVERIPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 29
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.