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THOMAS WINSTON MALLON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1935 – May 2, 1967
Service recordThomas Winston Mallon, of Millbrae, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 31, 1935
- Home of record
- Millbrae, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 15
- LAWRENCE JOHN KEENANSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- FRANK DELEON MONTEMAYORPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- MICHEL LEE PUGHSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
From Millbrae
- DONALD LLOYD SWANSONCaptain · January 31, 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.