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THOMAS WAYNE BAZEMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – August 20, 1969
Service recordThomas Wayne Bazemore, of Kennebunk, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 76
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Kennebunk, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 76
- DONALD FRED WOODFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1969
- LEONARD JAMES ZIGALLATechnical Sergeant · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD PATRICK ALBERTCorporal · August 20, 1969
- LESTER J BRANTLEYStaff Sergeant · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANISLAW JOSEPH DROZDZPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 77
- FRED ALBERT SLEMSEKPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 82
From Kennebunk
- ROBERT LESTER BERRYCorporal · March 18, 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.