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VINCENT MILO TOMALKA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1939 – March 15, 1967
Service recordVincent Milo Tomalka, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 87
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- January 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 87
- CLINTON ARNOLD SMITHSergeant · March 15, 1967
- DEAN SMITH JRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNITCHLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- VICTOR HUGO THOMPSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.