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THOMAS LYNWOOD NIGRELLI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – May 31, 1967
Service recordThomas Lynwood Nigrelli, of Westerly, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Westerly, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 24
- DENNIE NEACESergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- CHARLES ROLAND ROGERSONCorporal · May 31, 1967
- EDWARD S ROUBAStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
From Westerly
- ROBERT THOMAS MILLERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CARL W MYLLYMAKI IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR JAMESSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
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.