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THOMAS RESPRESS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – October 29, 1966
Service recordThomas Respress, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 128
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- DAVID BURTON PEGGPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT ELISH POLKINGHORNEPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.