HONORED ON PANEL 63E, LINE 15 OF THE WALL
PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JR
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PATRICK J THIROWAY JR
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POSTED ON 10.11.2002
POSTED BY: Robert Greer
Tried to save a wounded buddy
Patrick J. Thiroway Jr.
Overlook Road, Manayunk
Thiroway, a 1966 Northeast Catholic High School graduate, worked at the old Philco Ford plant at C and. Tioga streets before enlisting in the Army in October 1967. He was a military policeman with the 545th Military Police Company of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Thiroway died on May 19, 1968, at Camp Evans in Hue, Thua Thien Province, when he was hit by fragments from an exploding booby trap while trying to save a wounded buddy. The 20-year-old private first class was survived by his mother.
... from The Philadelphia Daily News
Overlook Road, Manayunk
Thiroway, a 1966 Northeast Catholic High School graduate, worked at the old Philco Ford plant at C and. Tioga streets before enlisting in the Army in October 1967. He was a military policeman with the 545th Military Police Company of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Thiroway died on May 19, 1968, at Camp Evans in Hue, Thua Thien Province, when he was hit by fragments from an exploding booby trap while trying to save a wounded buddy. The 20-year-old private first class was survived by his mother.
... from The Philadelphia Daily News
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