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ARTHUR ISIAH THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1945 – November 1, 1967
Service recordArthur Isiah Thomas, of Smithfield, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Smithfield, Virginia (Isle Of Wight County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 7
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- MICHAEL VIEHWEGSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY WEATHERBYCorporal · November 1, 1967
- JOHN HAROLD WELCHCorporal · November 1, 1967
From Smithfield
- JAMES EARNEST BATTENPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- FRED LAFAY PETTIGREW IIICorporal · February 11, 1969
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.