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THOMAS LIONEL TWYFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1944 – April 29, 1968
Service recordThomas Lionel Twyford, of Grover City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Grover City, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 7
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ROARSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- LORENZO STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- ALEXANDER TATE JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 46
- THOMAS STANLEY COOKSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 47
- LARRY ODELL COPELANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 47
- RONAL EDWARD CRITZERPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 47
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 47
- EDWARD ALBERT GAFFNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 1
- JOSEPH THOMAS KOVALOFFSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- DAVID GAIL LEDGERWOODSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- DAVID LYNN MASSAPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 4
- GEORGE LATHANPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
- THOMAS ALLEN NYSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
- LLOYD WILLIAM PEELE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 6
- STEPHEN ROBERT WHITECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 6
- LORENZO STEGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 7
- ADOLFO MORENO PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
- GARY WISNIERSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 9
- GARY LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 9
From Grover City
- DENNIS LEE MERRILLLance Corporal · November 28, 1967
- ALVIN WAYNE STALLCUPSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- JOHN QUITMAN WINNINGHAMSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
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.