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THOMAS RICHARD TEMPLE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1944 – October 19, 1966
Service recordThomas Richard Temple, of Devon, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Devon, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 91
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- JAMES DENNIS DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 20, 1966
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
From Devon
- RICHARD A HAWLEY JRCaptain · May 6, 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.