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TOM MICHAEL THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 19, 1945 – August 28, 1968
Service recordTom Michael Thomas, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1945
- Home of record
- New Philadelphia, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- 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 August 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 54
- ISIAH THOMASCorporal · August 28, 1968
- MICHAEL HAMILTON TUTENPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM WALTER WATERS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 49
From New Philadelphia
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- MARTIN DOUGLAS KLANNSpecialist Five · January 10, 1968
- ARTHUR TIMOTHY FRILEYCorporal · February 16, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL STRUCHENSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- JOHN CLARK HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 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.