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TOMMIE JOE WHITTEN
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1930 – May 9, 1967
Service recordTommie Joe Whitten, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 76
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- July 1, 1930
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 76
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL WARGOLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · 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.