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THOMAS LOUIS BUDDI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1945 – March 8, 1970
Service recordThomas Louis Buddi, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 95
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 95
- THOMAS JAMES WHITLOW JRCorporal · March 7, 1970
- DONALD RAY WISHONCorporal · March 7, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPetty Officer First Class · March 8, 1970
- MACK C BUSTLE JRSpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 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.