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THOMAS PAUL TALBOT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – May 19, 1970
Service recordThomas Paul Talbot, of Panguitch, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Panguitch, Utah (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 67
- WILLIAM RUFUS SPEIGHTSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- JOHN SPURGEON SPREWELLCaptain · May 19, 1970
- LARRY EVANS STONESpecialist Five · May 19, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN URBASSIKSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
From Panguitch
- JIM FRANK JENNINGSSergeant · June 20, 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.