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BENJAMIN ANDREW THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1947 – September 5, 1967
Service recordBenjamin Andrew Thomas, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 4
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 4
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- BRAVIE SOTOSergeant · September 5, 1967
- DAVID SHERMAN STEWARTHospitalman · September 5, 1967
- GARLAND D WHITMORE IIFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CALVITTISpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 113
- COSMO FRANCIS PACETTAPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 2
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.