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THOMAS T TOMSIC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – December 17, 1969
Service recordThomas T Tomsic, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 68
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 68
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPILLERSLieutenant Colonel · December 17, 1969
- WILLARD EARL SPIVEYCorporal · December 17, 1969
- DEWITT STANLEY VANCECaptain · December 17, 1969
- RICHARD EARL WESTFALLPrivate First Class · December 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEIL EDWARD HARVEYCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 67
- WILLARD EARL SPIVEYCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 68
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.