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THOMAS WALTER SITEK
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
August 3, 1935 – August 23, 1967
Service recordThomas Walter Sitek, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 23, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 142 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- August 3, 1935
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 35
- COLEMAN JOHN KANE JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- RAYMOND MAX OTTMERS JRCorporal · August 23, 1967
- RONALD NICHOLIS SITTNERMajor · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY STINSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1967
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.