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TOMMY HUBERT IVEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 21, 1950 – January 20, 1971
Service recordTommy Hubert Ivey, of Auburndale, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 57
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Auburndale, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 57
- JAMES FRANKLIN THAMESLieutenant · January 19, 1971
- HESSIE ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Five · January 20, 1971
- JAMES RAY GARTENSergeant · January 20, 1971
- ROBERT PAUL MARSDENCorporal · January 20, 1971
From Auburndale
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · June 20, 1968
- MIGUEL RAMOS GARCIACorporal · March 5, 1970
- WILLIAM DARRELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 28, 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.