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BRUCE EDWARD THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – September 25, 1970
Service recordBruce Edward Thomas, of Morehead, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Morehead, Kentucky (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 90
- HERMAN LANCASTER JRCorporal · September 25, 1970
- GUS PIPPINSSergeant First Class · September 25, 1970
- CARROLL STEVEN PLUMSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- ROBERT BLANE WIRKSSergeant · September 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED LEE BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 88
- CHARLES MAURY HALLSTROMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 89
- GUS PIPPINSSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 90
- DALE STEWART CHAMBERLAINSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 91
From Morehead
- DWIGHT DALE JONESSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- KENNETH ALLEN HARDINStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- DONALD RAY BUTLERCorporal · September 12, 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.