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TOMMY QUINN SEGARS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1947 – April 21, 1969
Service recordTommy Quinn Segars JR, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 22
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 22
- CHARLES GLYNN RUSH JRGunnery Sergeant · April 21, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD SIMONSENPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- ALFRED STARKSergeant · April 21, 1969
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 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.