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THOMAS W STALEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1952 – August 24, 1972
Service recordThomas W Staley JR, of Abbeville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Abbeville, Georgia (Wilcox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 69
- MICHAEL WILLIAM DOYLECommander · August 25, 1972
- SAM GARY CORDOVAMajor · August 26, 1972
- GEORGE BADEN WARINGMajor · August 26, 1972
- RICHARD WALTER HEROLDCaptain · September 2, 1972
From Abbeville
- CALVIN CLIFFORD HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- WENDELL D MCBURROWSSergeant · November 1, 1968
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.