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THOMAS MARTIN BEHRENS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 4, 1943 – October 31, 1968
Service recordThomas Martin Behrens, of What Cheer, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1943
- Home of record
- What Cheer, Iowa (Keokuk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 61
- ALEXANDER AUDREY AMESSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- DONALD HAROLD BARTLETTSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER AUDREY AMESSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 61
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 67
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.