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THOMAS WILLIAM MALLOY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – December 27, 1967
Service recordThomas William Malloy, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 81
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Dunmore, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 81
- ROBERT THOMAS RIDDLECorporal · December 27, 1967
- MARK VEDDER SCHMIDTWarrant Officer 1 · December 27, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID SCHMITZHospitalman · December 27, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GORDON THOMAS DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 71
- GUY DALE KISTNERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 75
- JAMES ELLIS LOUDERMILKSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 77
- RICHARD JOHN SOLCZYKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 82
From Dunmore
- CAROL ANN ELIZABET DRAZBASecond Lieutenant · February 18, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BATTISTASecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1966
- KARL FRANCIS RYNEARSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHARTONPrivate · June 18, 1970
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.