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ANDREW JACKSON THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1943 – June 3, 1968
Service recordAndrew Jackson Thomas, of Oakland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 6
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 6
- LARRY THOMAS OWENSSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- NICKOLAS SZAWALUKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- KENDALL WILLIAM THOMPSONCorporal · June 3, 1968
- JOSEPH RONALD VALENTINEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS NELSON BLADESStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 20
- DAVID ARMAND PROVOSTSergeant · Panel 60W, Line 4
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 60W, Line 7
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.