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THOMAS ROBERT AMES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1944 – June 29, 1965
Service recordThomas Robert Ames, of Oriskany Falls, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Oriskany Falls, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 23
- RUBIN FLETCHER BRADLEYCaptain · June 29, 1965
- SAMUEL P CHAMBERS IIICaptain · June 29, 1965
- ROBERT GEORGE LANDRINGHAMFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1965
- CHARLES WALTER STILESPetty Officer Second Class · June 29, 1965
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.