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THOMAS MONK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – February 24, 1967
Service recordThomas Monk, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 86
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 86
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- VICTOR RAPHAEL PASTRANAPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ROBERT SCOTTSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 87
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.