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THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – June 8, 1969
Service recordThomas William Strathmann, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 112
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 112
- SHARON ANN LANEFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1969
- ROBERT NATHANIEL LATIMERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- MALCOLM FRANCIS LEGERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LORENCECorporal · June 8, 1969
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
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.