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TOM EMERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1944 – March 24, 1969
Service recordTom Emerson, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 25
- GERASIMO ARROYO-BAEZSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
- RAYMOND FREDRICK EADESergeant · March 24, 1969
- PHILLIP HARRY FLEMINGSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.