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THOMAS TARO KASAI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1946 – August 20, 1966
Service recordThomas Taro Kasai, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 1, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 21
- LAMARR FISHERPrivate · August 20, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JOHN LAMUEL HYMESSpecialist Four · August 20, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH KAPPMEYERSergeant · August 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 21
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 22
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.