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THOMAS MICHAEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1949 – March 28, 1969
Service recordThomas Michael, of Dover, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 72
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Dover, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 72
- GARY WARREN GROWPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN MILESPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDREW MILLERFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- VINCENT MORANSergeant · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILOFARD A MCCLAIN IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 74
- ERIC VINCENT PULLIAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 75
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 75
From Dover
- JOSEPH ROBERT ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- BARRY MALCOLM HILLSGROVEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- THOMAS J MORRISSEY JRCorporal · June 5, 1968
- GERALD JAMES FROSTCorporal · June 8, 1968
- RAYMOND COYLE DALEYFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- THOMAS PHILIP ONEILLStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
- DENNIS NICK VATISTASPrivate First Class · December 22, 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.