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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Toby Windfield Street.

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TOBY WINDFIELD STREET

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

November 14, 1948 – January 18, 1969

Service record

Toby Windfield Street, of Rialto, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 34W · Line 34

Position of Panel 34W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
November 14, 1948
Home of record
Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 18, 1969
Age
20
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 34W, Line 34

From Rialto

All 12 names from Rialto →

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.