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THOMAS RENDON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 1, 1946 – March 29, 1968
Service recordThomas Rendon, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 29, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 5
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 1, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 5
- WILLIAM SIDWAY PRICELieutenant Colonel · March 29, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROSEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- GARY ARNOLD SCOTTSecond Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.