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TOM HABADA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1948 – November 30, 1969
Service recordTom Habada, of Hinsdale, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Hinsdale, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 9
- JOHN AUSTIN BOSSOMCorporal · November 30, 1969
- JIMMY REA BURKSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
- DONALD ALLEN R DEMONDPrivate First Class · November 30, 1969
- RUSSELL JONES JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
From Hinsdale
- THOMAS DUANE UTTERSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1967
- LESTER WILLIAM WEBERLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
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.