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THOMAS STEVEN DELUCA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – April 6, 1969
Service recordThomas Steven Deluca JR, of Mineola, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Mineola, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 24
- OLLIE JAMES DANIELPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- ANGELO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- TERRY LEE GLASSCOCKPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- RANDY LEE HANSENSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 23
- OLLIE JAMES DANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 24
- ANGELO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 24
- LAWRENCE ARCHIE HILKINPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 25
- MELVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 25
- LEO JOE SCHROLLER JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 27
From Mineola
- PETER DANIEL GEOGHEGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · November 20, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES SCRUTONSergeant · January 5, 1968
- THOMAS NICHOLAS MOTTOSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.