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THOMAS VINCENT PAKULA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1946 – December 27, 1969
Service recordThomas Vincent Pakula, of Stambaugh, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Stambaugh, Michigan (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 99
- ALLEN JAMES LAMSSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1969
- TOMMY LEE MARKSSpecialist Five · December 27, 1969
- DAMIEN JOHN JAMES MESSINOHospitalman · December 27, 1969
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.