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TYRONE GARY THOMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1948 – March 12, 1969
Service recordTyrone Gary Thoman, of Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 25
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 25
- ROBERT EVERETT SPIRESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- GERALD LEROY THARPPrivate · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD LEWIS THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · March 12, 1969
- TOMMY LEE TRIMBLESpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN MONROE LANIERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 21
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 21
- PAUL EDWARD IRVINPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 24
- THOMAS ALLEN ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 27
From Seven Valleys
- LESTER STEPHEN KINARDSpecialist Four · January 29, 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.