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THOMAS PATRICK DOODY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – February 8, 1971
Service recordThomas Patrick Doody, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 87
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 87
- LONALD RAY COLEMANSergeant · February 8, 1971
- MICHAEL BRUCE FIRSTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- DAVID NELSON FOXCaptain · February 8, 1971
- ROBERT BARRY GENTRYWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GLEN BOBOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 86
- PAUL CLARK STEWARTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 89
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 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.