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CHARLES F THOMAS IV
Captain · U.S. Army
June 13, 1946 – April 8, 1971
Service recordCharles F Thomas IV, of Palm Bay, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Palm Bay, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 113
- MAUSE JOSEPH LEWIS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1971
- ALLAN FRANCIS WILKINSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
- LEVI JAMES WILSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
- MATT JOHN WODARCZYKChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1971
From Palm Bay
- ROBERT LOUIS HARTERSergeant · March 2, 1969
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.