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THOMAS LEROY WHITEHEAD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1944 – January 18, 1968
Service recordThomas Leroy Whitehead, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Small Arms/Artillery Repairer (45B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 72
- ROBERT LOUIS TRACYPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- CASIMIRO VILLONSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEE WILCOXCorporal · January 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HAL DERENBURGERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 67
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 70
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 71
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.