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THOMAS RICHARD DWYER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 17, 1945 – July 6, 1969
Service recordThomas Richard Dwyer, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 70
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- ERVIN JONESSergeant · July 6, 1969
- GOLSBY KIMBROUGH JRSergeant · July 6, 1969
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
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.