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THOMAS MICHAEL SHROBA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – October 4, 1969
Service recordThomas Michael Shroba, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 38
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 38
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- GEORGE MULROONEYChief Petty Officer · October 4, 1969
- GARY DEAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- ORVAL ARTHUR BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BRUCE CANNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 35
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.