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THOMAS MICHAEL WHARTON
Private · U.S. Army
April 27, 1949 – June 18, 1970
Service recordThomas Michael Wharton, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Dunmore, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 66
- STEVEN RAY STOLTZSergeant · June 18, 1970
- RALPH MORGAN TRIPLETTCorporal · June 18, 1970
- BARRY GLENN TUCKERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
- FRANK CHARLES ZONAR JRSergeant · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CLARK DAWSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 63
From Dunmore
- CAROL ANN ELIZABET DRAZBASecond Lieutenant · February 18, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BATTISTASecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1966
- KARL FRANCIS RYNEARSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS WILLIAM MALLOYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
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.