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ANTHONY THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1942 – February 9, 1967
Service recordAnthony Thomas, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 12
- JOHN CHARLES HOWLANDSergeant · February 9, 1967
- EARL QUINNON QUARTERMANPrivate · February 9, 1967
- OLLIE TUCKERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH VITANZASergeant · February 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARMANDO AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 11
- WILFREDO PAGAN-LOZADASergeant First Class · Panel 15E, Line 11
- OLLIE TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 12
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
- ISAIAH LAWS JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.