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THOMAS MARTIN WERNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 7, 1944 – June 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Martin Werner, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 7
- LARRY RUSSELL KENNANNCorporal · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL BENJAMIN KOPETSKICorporal · June 20, 1968
- THOMAS DANIEL LATANOWICHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- LARRY GLEN MASSIESpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEO STILESCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 10
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.