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THOMAS URBAN WAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1944 – October 9, 1967
Service recordThomas Urban Way, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 79
- DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOODPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- MAURICE JOHN BIEHNPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BLOTZERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD EUGENE COLLINS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 80
- RICHARD CHARLES ENGROFFPrivate · Panel 27E, Line 80
- ODES HERMAN MOUTARDIERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 82
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.