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TOMMIE D EMERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1943 – December 13, 1964
Service recordTommie D Emert, of Floydada, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 77
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Floydada, Texas (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1964
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 77
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- EARL ALLEN PATTERSONStaff Sergeant · December 13, 1964
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
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.