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THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – June 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Michael Marchand, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- West Chester, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 34
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · June 12, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD MCSTOOTSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- CARL GILBERT MOTESSergeant First Class · June 12, 1969
- DENNIS BRIAN MURRAYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN ROBERT ALDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 30
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 31
- JAMES FRANCIS ENGELMEIERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 32
- GREY LYNN HAGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 33
From West Chester
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- ERNEST E ORENDORFF JRCorporal · August 3, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- LOUIS FULDA GUILLERMINMajor · April 30, 1968
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 10, 1971
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.