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TOM DENNIS SUGIURA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1946 – September 2, 1968
Service recordTom Dennis Sugiura, of Monterey Park, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Monterey Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 29
- MICHAEL JOHN STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- GEORGE V SZCZEPANCZYKPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- KENNETH LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- ROBERTO TORRESPrivate · September 2, 1968
From Monterey Park
- GEORGE CALDERON ALVAREZSergeant · August 12, 1967
- RALPH MARIO VALENCIALance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · April 30, 1968
- XAVIER AMADO ARVIZUSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- GEORGE PAUL MARTINPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
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.