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TOM ANDREW METCALF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1938 – January 5, 1970
Service recordTom Andrew Metcalf, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 130
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 130
- JOEL MICHAEL MAGRASSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS MOOREPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
- EUGENIO ORTIZLance Corporal · January 5, 1970
- RANDALL EDWARD RAMSDENSergeant · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F GILMORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 128
- LARRY NESBIT LAMBPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 129
- DONALD EUGENE LEWTERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 129
- CHARLES THOMAS MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 130
- ROBERT STEPHEN SOMBATIPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 1
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.