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ARTHUR WAYNE THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1945 – June 24, 1968
Service recordArthur Wayne Thomas, of Lake City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake City, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 31
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- PRESTON ROOSEVELT SCOTTLance Corporal · June 24, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD PETER STASIOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL BENJAMIN HELMStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 26
- RICHARD PETER STASIOPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 31
- JOSE HERIBERTO RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 32
From Lake City
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · June 18, 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.