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TOMMY LEON WHIDDON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 16, 1949 – May 6, 1970
Service recordTommy Leon Whiddon, of Eglin Afb, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 118
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Eglin Afb, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 118
- RONALD DALE VANBEUKERINGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- EDWARD VESERSergeant · May 6, 1970
- PHILLIP RAY WARFIELDCorporal · May 6, 1970
- WILLIAM CONRAD WEISS JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEWIS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 114
- GARY LEE MCKIDDYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 115
- MICKEY DON PEARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 116
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.