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THOMAS WILLIAM TRUELOVE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1941 – September 21, 1971
Service recordThomas William Truelove, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 23
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 23
- FELIX MALONEMaster Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- CLIFFORD LESLI CLARKE IIISpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
- ROBERT FRANK HOJNACKIPrivate First Class · September 22, 1971
- CHARLES EGBERT JAQUINSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL BRUCE BERNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 22
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.