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THOMAS WILLIAM HASTINGS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – May 11, 1969
Service recordThomas William Hastings, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 49
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 49
- DARRELL ELMER HARTMANCorporal · May 11, 1969
- WILLIE ROGERS HORNBURGERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD JACQUEZLance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HUBERT SAMUEL TILLEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 55
- DAVID ALLEN TRINKALASpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 56
- VICTOR MANUEL YANEZSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 58
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 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.