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THOMAS WALL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1948 – July 12, 1970
Service recordThomas Wall JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 13
- CAREY JAY PRATTStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1970
- RICHARD FLOYD QUINNSergeant · July 12, 1970
- HANS ANTHONY RAJCEVACSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- WILLIAM ARTHUR WICKSCorporal · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ARMOND DEMASIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 11
- CAREY JAY PRATTStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 13
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.