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THOMAS LEE MCELROY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – July 5, 1968
Service recordThomas Lee McElroy, of Pulaski, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Pulaski, Tennessee (Giles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 23
- WILLIAM REYESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- GERARD JUDE SANDERSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- EDWARD DEAN SILVERLieutenant Colonel · July 5, 1968
- HERMAN SMITS JRMajor · July 5, 1968
From Pulaski
- BYRON DWAYNE HAMLETTSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- HOWARD PALMA PETTYLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1968
- LEONARD DWIGHT CUNNINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 12, 1970
- JOHNIE KENNETH WOODARDSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
- LOWELL THOMAS GLOSSUPSergeant First Class · May 20, 1971
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.