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THOMAS LEON GUTHRIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 10, 1940 – July 19, 1968
Service recordThomas Leon Guthrie, of Medora, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 11
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Medora, Indiana (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 11
- RICHARD EDWARD DALY JRSergeant · July 18, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GUCWAPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- DENNIS WRIGHT KEEFELance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GUY RICHARD KINGSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 10
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 15
From Medora
- WILLIAM MANSON DAULTONLance Corporal · October 24, 1970
- MARTIN DOUGLAS GOENSpecialist Four · April 6, 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.