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TOMMY ANDREW WALDON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 18, 1947 – March 20, 1968
Service recordTommy Andrew Waldon, of Hobart, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Hobart, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 44
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGERSergeant · March 20, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WHITEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- LOUIS CLAUDE ZUCKERMajor · March 20, 1968
From Hobart
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
- CLIFFORD C BARNETT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1967
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · June 28, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES MULLETPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- RALF IRVIN SAUNDERSCorporal · November 6, 1967
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.