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THOMAS LEO TAFFE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – March 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Leo Taffe, of Union Lake, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 51
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Union Lake, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 51
- JACK DONALD SUNDQUISTMajor · March 27, 1968
- LARRY DALE WEBBLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS WHITESergeant · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
From Union Lake
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL CAINPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- JOSEPH CHARLES CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · June 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 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.