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THOMAS POLDINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordThomas Poldino, of Lindenhurst, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Lindenhurst, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 13
- DEAN RUSSELL ORNFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1969
- ROBIN WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- KENNETH JAMES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 4
- GEORGE ALLEN DEMBYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 6
- KENNETH MICHAEL FRAINPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 6
- DONALD LEON FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 8
- GEORGE JULIUS SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Lindenhurst
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT ANDREW DORNERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN DILANDROSergeant · March 21, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN MARQUARDTCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER CHISHOLMSergeant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · May 7, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.