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THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1948 – March 31, 1967
Service recordThomas Michael Sullivan, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 82
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 82
- THOMAS M HANNIGAN JRSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY TODIPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- DELBERT CHAN TOTTYPlatoon Sergeant · March 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LESTER BRESHEARSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 77
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 78
- CHARLES C DICKEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 78
- GARY FREDERICK SCHULERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 81
- JOHN ANTHONY TODIPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 82
- JOHN MICHAEL WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 83
From Bangor
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · January 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WALTER FORREST MERRICKLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINANMajor · November 11, 1966
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CHARLES E SULLIVAN JRCorporal · June 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER UMELPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- EDWARD LEONARD MANN JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 1968
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.