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THOMAS RALPH SAYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1949 – August 22, 1969
Service recordThomas Ralph Sayers, of Glouster, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Glouster, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 98
- THOMAS MICHAEL RALSTONCorporal · August 22, 1969
- ERIC DONN SALTZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPEIGHTStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1969
- DARRELL DUANE TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
From Glouster
- LARRY EUGENE HERBERTPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- DONALD ALLEN CAMPBELLCorporal · September 9, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCLEANPrivate First Class · December 24, 1970
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.