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THOMAS LYNN EICHENAUER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – August 14, 1968
Service recordThomas Lynn Eichenauer, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 12
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- ANNIE RUTH GRAHAMLieutenant Colonel · August 14, 1968
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · August 14, 1968
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.