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THOMAS WILLIAM DOLAN III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordThomas William Dolan III, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 31
- GIOVANNI HENRY CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ROBERT DENNIS CLATFELTERPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- FRED JACOBOSEN DANIELSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · June 12, 1969
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 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.