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THOMAS LEE TIGLAS
Fireman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
March 31, 1947 – December 23, 1966
Service recordThomas Lee Tiglas, of Manistique, Michigan, served as a Fireman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 23, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 76
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman Apprentice (FA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Manistique, Michigan (Schoolcraft County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 76
- JOHN HOWARD REEVESLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- FARLEY DEE THOMPSONMajor · December 23, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTONE PERRY JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13E, Line 74
From Manistique
- JOSEPH WILLIAM JENKSPrivate First Class · March 13, 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.