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THOMAS NICHOLAS MOTTO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 20, 1948 – July 3, 1969
Service recordThomas Nicholas Motto, of Mineola, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Mineola, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; ten of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 54
- ROBERT ALLEN LAYTON JRSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1969
- ABBIE EUGENE LEAZERPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · July 3, 1969
- JOHN SEBASTIAN MANFERDINICorporal · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAYNE FELTCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 51
- MICHAEL FLEMING FOLLANDCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 51
- ROBERT ALLEN LAYTON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 54
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 54
- DARRELL EUGENE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 55
- ANTHONY EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 55
- TAKESHI SATOPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 57
- BILL HENRY TERRY JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 57
From Mineola
- PETER DANIEL GEOGHEGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · November 20, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES SCRUTONSergeant · January 5, 1968
- THOMAS STEVEN DELUCA JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
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.