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CHARLES EDWARD THOMAS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – February 14, 1970
Service recordCharles Edward Thomas JR, of Fairborn, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 12
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
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairborn, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 12
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1970
- GARY SMITHCorporal · February 14, 1970
- FERDINAND J SOCHUREK IIIPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- EARL CARL E TIDWELL JRCorporal · February 14, 1970
From Fairborn
- EDWARD API LOVELLStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1965
- JULIAN A FINCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL OBENOURSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- ARLIE TERRYStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- LESLIE BERKLEY SAYREFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD LECURNE ZUG JRSergeant · August 27, 1968
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 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.