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THOMAS MARTIN NEAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1948 – February 9, 1969
Service recordThomas Martin Neal, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 3
- MICHAEL JACK WILSONFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1969
- FRANKIE YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- JEFFREY RICHARD BRUCESergeant · February 10, 1969
- JOSEPH KERR BUSH JRCaptain · February 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL BYRD ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 90
- JOE EDD HESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 93
- MILTON ALAN ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 2
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 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.