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THOMAS TRAMMELL HART III
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 25, 1940 – December 21, 1972
Service recordThomas Trammell Hart III, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1972, in Laos, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Navigator (1535C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1972
- Age
- 32
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 99
- CHARLES JAMES BEBUSMaster Sergeant · December 21, 1972
- CHARLES FREDERICK FENTERMaster Sergeant · December 21, 1972
- JAMES RAY FULLERChief Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
- FRANK ALTON GOULDColonel · December 21, 1972
- ROBERT STEWART GRAUSTEINLieutenant Commander · December 21, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOEL RAY BIRCHCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 97
- GEORGE DUNCAN MACDONALDCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 101
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.