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THOMAS WILSON PUSSER
Captain · U.S. Army
April 22, 1939 – October 22, 1965
Service recordThomas Wilson Pusser, of Chesterfield, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Chesterfield, South Carolina (Chesterfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 131
- JIMMIE LLOYD MCBYNUMStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- MILTON LEE OLIVE IIIPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- MIGUEL TREJOPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LLOYD MCBYNUMStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 131
From Chesterfield
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.