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BILLY LEE THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1949 – May 25, 1969
Service recordBilly Lee Thomas, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 108
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 108
- LAWRENCE R OLIVEIRACaptain · May 13, 1969
- RALPH ALLAN VITCHSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- ALBERT CALVIN WALLS JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JIM JAMES WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- MONEK WEITZPrivate · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JAMES DEEVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 102
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 102
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 104
- RICHARD NEAL WHITECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 109
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.