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THOMAS PETER RUSSO
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1925 – March 3, 1968
Service recordThomas Peter Russo, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 57
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1925
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 57
- CHARLES GREGORY ROSSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- ALFRED WILLIAM SPEYERLance Corporal · March 3, 1968
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 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.