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THOMAS SIMON MALMAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – September 26, 1970
Service recordThomas Simon Malmay, of Zwolle, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 93
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Zwolle, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 93
- MARK RICHARD HOLTOMWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
- PAUL PATRICK KEEFESergeant · September 26, 1970
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN R BOSTICK IVCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 91
- DONALD DWIGHT CRAW JRCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 92
From Zwolle
- JAMES THOMAS H CORDOVASergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- RICHARD JARRELL REMEDIESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
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.