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CHARLES JOHN THOMA
Major · U.S. Army
December 4, 1936 – January 12, 1967
Service recordCharles John Thoma, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 18
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1936
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 18
- SANDER CHRIS SANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- GUST J SHARLOWSergeant · January 12, 1967
- THOMAS COLLINS SHEAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- KENNETH LEN SHUFFITTSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK LEE ALLENCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 13
- MANUEL BARRERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 13
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 16
- BOBBY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 19
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
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.