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THOMAS LEWIS BECKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1942 – November 6, 1968
Service recordThomas Lewis Becker, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 25
- GEORGE F WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- WAYNE ANDERSON ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- LARRY RONALD BELLAMYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1968
- LANNY JOE BURDETTESergeant · November 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWSON J SCHROYER IIISergeant · Panel 39W, Line 28
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
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.