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CLYDE THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 17, 1949 – March 15, 1971
Service recordClyde Thomas, of Pittsburg, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 52
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, Texas (Camp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 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 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 52
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
- GARY JAMES FUQUASpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
- JAMES LEE GETTERPrivate · March 16, 1971
- LOYD VAN MCCARTHY JRCaptain · March 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRYPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 48
- STEVEN RUSSELL PECKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 51
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 51
From Pittsburg
- DANIEL L CHAPPELLStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1965
- HERMAN DALE BUCHANANCorporal · December 11, 1969
- MORRIS CALVIN MILES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- STARLING G HAWKINSSergeant · January 14, 1972
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.