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THOMAS LEE SONDERMAN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 19, 1950 – April 8, 1971
Service recordThomas Lee Sonderman, of Derby, Kansas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 112
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Derby, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1971; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 112
- RONNIE ALLEN ROSSLance Corporal · April 7, 1971
- BILLIE JOE WILSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 7, 1971
- DENNIS RAY DEATHERAGESpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
- JOHN GLOVERAirman First Class · April 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RAY DEATHERAGESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 112
- ALLAN FRANCIS WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 113
- MATT JOHN WODARCZYKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 113
From Derby
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAY MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROGER ALAN LAKINFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
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.