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THOMAS RICHARD ROOT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1947 – July 27, 1969
Service recordThomas Richard Root, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 60
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 60
- JOHN HOWARD PEARSONCorporal · July 27, 1969
- FELICIANO ROCHALance Corporal · July 27, 1969
- DAUNT BRUNELL SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1969
- RICHARD PISKULATechnical Sergeant · July 28, 1969
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 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.