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THOMAS WILLIAM LOUGHRAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1946 – January 22, 1969
Service recordThomas William Loughran, of Portland, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 59
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- ARDEN LEE KRUKOWPetty Officer Second Class · January 22, 1969
- JERRY PROCTOR LAIRDMajor · January 22, 1969
- RICKY LYNN WIKLESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EUGENE GESTSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 58
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 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.