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THOMAS QUICHOCHO SABLAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1932 – January 27, 1967
Service recordThomas Quichocho Sablan, of Yigo, Guam, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1932
- Home of record
- Yigo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 88
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- LEROY W PEAGLERSergeant · January 27, 1967
- FRANK MOSS RHODESCorporal · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT GLENN ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 87
- ROBERT GLENN ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 88
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 89
From Yigo
- ANTONIO QUICHOCHO SABLANSergeant First Class · March 25, 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.