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THOMAS LEROY NARUM
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 13, 1946 – January 18, 1967
Service recordThomas Leroy Narum, of Amidon, North Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Amidon, North Dakota (Slope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 50
- DENNIS RAY ONEALPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CARROLL WAYNE PERRYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PROVENZANOSpecialist Four · January 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN SCANLONCorporal · January 18, 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.