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THOMAS NORMAN TOLESON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1947 – March 22, 1967
Service recordThomas Norman Toleson, of Willow Creek, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Willow Creek, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 25
- DANIEL MORRIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- DAVID VASQUEZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
From Willow Creek
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTMANSpecialist Four · January 29, 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.