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THOMAS PETRAMALO
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1936 – August 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Petramalo, of Rochester, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1936
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 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.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 25
- ARCHIE W MORRISSergeant · August 21, 1967
- LYNN KESLER POWELLCaptain · August 21, 1967
- BENJAMIN ROMERO-DE-JESUSPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- ROGER DALE ROOTSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE BOBOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 22
- BAXTER FRENCH ERVINPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 23
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.