PATRICK J THIROWAY JR
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HONORED ON PANEL 63E, LINE 15 OF THE WALL

PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JR

WALL NAME

PATRICK J THIROWAY JR

PANEL / LINE

63E/15

DATE OF BIRTH

03/26/1948

CASUALTY PROVINCE

THUA THIEN

DATE OF CASUALTY

05/19/1968

HOME OF RECORD

PHILADELPHIA

COUNTY OF RECORD

Philadelphia County

STATE

PA

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

PFC

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LEFT FOR PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JR
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
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POSTED ON 5.27.2002
POSTED BY: Beetle

"Duty, You Were One of a Kind"

POSTED ON 11.5.1999
POSTED BY: DON REED

FROM SADNESS TO PRIDE

PATRICK, YOU MADE THE KIDS FROM SWAMPOODLE PROUD.
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