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TOM GAYLE CASEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – October 25, 1968
Service recordTom Gayle Casey, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 32
- JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN DORIOPrivate First Class · October 25, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL ESPOSITOCorporal · October 25, 1968
- EDWARD ENOCH GOLDER IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1968
- LEONARD ALLEN GUYCorporal · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE MONROE LONGSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 33
- DAVID RICHARD MERRELLSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 33
- THOMAS FREDRICK RAY JRCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 34
- JAMES GABRIEL SORIANOSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 35
- DENNIS ROBERT TRIPPCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 35
- JAMES AMBLER WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 35
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.