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TOMAS REYES MESA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1947 – October 31, 1968
Service recordTomas Reyes Mesa, of Agat, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 66
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Agat, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 66
- MAURICE GLENN NEWMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE NEWSTEADPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- GREGORY LEROY NUTTERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- MILTON DALE PATEFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BOURNESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 62
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 64
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 65
- MILTON DALE PATEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 66
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 70
From Agat
- THOMAS SALAS RIVERASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY CRUZ QUENGAPlatoon Sergeant · June 25, 1967
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- LUCAS HERRERA RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- EMILIO NINAISEN NEDEDOGSergeant · February 27, 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.