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THOMAS WILFRED GAUDET
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 20, 1947 – April 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Wilfred Gaudet, of Salem, New Hampshire, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 21, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 19
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Salem, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 19
- JIMMY MARYLAND GARDENHIREPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT KNELL GILLIESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- DWANE GENE HOWARDSergeant First Class · April 21, 1969
- MAXIE JACKSON JRLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
From Salem
- ROBERT BERNARD MANNPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- JAMES NORMAN FINNSergeant First Class · November 4, 1966
- WILLIAM NICHOLAS LOOMISLance Corporal · September 13, 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.