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THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1946 – October 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Vincent Feldhaus, of Greeley, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 101
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
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Greeley, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 101
- JOHN LEE ESPENSHIEDColonel · March 10, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD GOLEMON JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- KENNETH GAGE HAVENSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- STEPHEN MARTIN WELCHPetty Officer Third Class · October 21, 1969
From Greeley
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN TOOTHAKERHospitalman · August 31, 1966
- LAVERNE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BECKLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · May 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
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.