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CLYDE EUGENE THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – November 29, 1969
Service recordClyde Eugene Thomas, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 8
- DENNIS JOSEPH REARDONFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE ROLESSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- JAMES RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- LARRY ELLIOTT WATSONPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 3
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 6
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.