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THOMAS WILLIAM MARKUNAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – May 9, 1969
Service recordThomas William Markunas, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 30
- EDWARD MATTHEW KLANIECKISpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- MICHAEL LABIANCAPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ALVIN MERRICKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES ALTON REASONS JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN MERRICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 30
- JIM ALLEN THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 33
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.