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CHARLES EDWARD THOMAS
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
August 8, 1927 – October 17, 1970
Service recordCharles Edward Thomas, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 8, 1927
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1970
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 6
- JOHN MERLE THAYERAirman First Class · October 17, 1970
- BENTON CLAUDE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- JOHN CARL ZAGERCorporal · October 17, 1970
- RAE ARVID BAILEYSergeant · October 18, 1970
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 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.