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CHARLES BLAKE THOMAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1948 – June 18, 1968
Service recordCharles Blake Thomas, of Cucamonga, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 29
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Cucamonga, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 29
- CALVIN LEE TERRELLPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- EARL THOMASStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
- CHARLIE VANCE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TRAPPPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
From Cucamonga
- RONALD W PENNCaptain · May 29, 1967
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- DANIEL CARRASCOSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- LEONARD ERIC NYBERGLance Corporal · April 4, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · April 29, 1970
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.