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THOMAS LEE ROY DAUGHERTY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1946 – November 26, 1969
Service recordThomas Lee Roy Daugherty, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 125
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 125
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILLLance Corporal · November 26, 1969
- LEROY NESMITHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD PLATESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY ERNEST BADOSTAINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 124
- EDWARD THOMSON DAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 124
- WILLIAM ANDREW KUHNKECaptain · Panel 16W, Line 124
- JAMES RICHARD PLATESpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 125
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.