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THOMAS ROY WALSH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1946 – July 7, 1967
Service recordThomas Roy Walsh, of Baldwinsville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Baldwinsville, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 33
- JAMES FRANCIS TRITTPetty Officer Second Class · July 7, 1967
- HILARIO PIZARR VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- GLENDON LEE WATERSStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- JOEL WILLIAMS JRSergeant · July 7, 1967
From Baldwinsville
- CARL HARVEY TORELLOSergeant First Class · December 26, 1965
- JAMES ARNOLD SEARIGHTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- KARL FREDERICK PERRYFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN PAIGEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- ROBERT RAY CATHERMANPrivate First Class · June 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.