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BRUCE MAYNARD THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1948 – January 9, 1968
Service recordBruce Maynard Thomas, of Fairfield, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 7
- NORMAN MORGAN GREENColonel · January 9, 1968
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES IRSCHCaptain · January 9, 1968
- HARRY LEE WATKINS JRSergeant · January 9, 1968
From Fairfield
- CHARLES EDWARD SAUERMajor · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES TINGLEYLance Corporal · December 30, 1967
- ROGER LEE NEGERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- MARK CONSTANT CHENISFirst Lieutenant · October 17, 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.