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THOMAS VINCENT MARCHESE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – December 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Vincent Marchese, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 51
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; six 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 51
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · December 12, 1969
- ARLYN LORANZ LAMPERTCorporal · December 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LOUIS MENDOZASergeant · December 12, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL WHITLATCH JRSergeant · December 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEE BALDWINCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 49
- BRUCE RONALD FRANZSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 50
- ARTHUR TERRY GALLAGHERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 50
- ARLYN LORANZ LAMPERTCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 51
- JOSEPH LOUIS MENDOZASergeant · Panel 15W, Line 51
- OTTAWAY LARSON WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 52
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.