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THOMAS MICHAEL LOWE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1949 – April 10, 1970
Service recordThomas Michael Lowe, of Rodman, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 118
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Rodman, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 118
- PHILLIP MICHAEL LONGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- DOUGLAS CRAIGLOW MABEEFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1970
- DWIGHT ANDREW MASLINSKISergeant · April 10, 1970
- JOSEPH STEVEN NEMETHPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
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.