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THOMAS MOODY FELTON
Major · U.S. Army
July 19, 1932 – July 14, 1969
Service recordThomas Moody Felton, of Newton, Mississippi, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 19, 1932
- Home of record
- Newton, Mississippi (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 116
- DEWEY RENEE BUTLERCorporal · July 14, 1969
- GEORGE LESSIE BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- WARREN CHARLES DEYERMONDSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST DOOM BURNSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 115
- DEWEY RENEE BUTLERCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 116
- RAY GENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 117
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 117
- RALPH ALVIN WELLINGHOFFCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 122
From Newton
- CHARLES JERRY GAINESSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1966
- CLINTON CHAPMANCorporal · May 24, 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.