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THOMAS LOWELL WINES
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – June 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Lowell Wines, of Elkview, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Elkview, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 25
- GARY WILKINSONCorporal · June 23, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BADERSpecialist Five · June 24, 1968
- TERRY NOBLE BARTLINGSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
From Elkview
- JAMES RONALD BURDETTELance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- WILLIS ARNOLD KARICKHOFFAirman First Class · October 28, 1966
- GUY RICHARD HIVELYSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- CLAYTON ANDREW CRAFTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JOHNNIE MARVIN AYERSSpecialist Five · January 17, 1969
- LEWIS DAYTON MOLESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
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.