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THOMAS MELVIN BINA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1949 – September 10, 1968
Service recordThomas Melvin Bina, of Pine City, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Pine City, Minnesota (Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 14
- JESSE LOUIS BARKLEYPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- JIMMIE WAYNE BOGGSSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- ARTHUR BAILEY BOWMAN JRLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
From Pine City
- DAVID LEE TEICHSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.