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DALE DANIEL THOMAS
Captain · U.S. Army
January 19, 1932 – July 30, 1964
Service recordDale Daniel Thomas, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 19, 1932
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1964
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 60
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- DENNIS CURTIS KIDDMaster Sergeant · August 4, 1964
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- FRED CLAY CUTRER JRCaptain · August 6, 1964
From Sandusky
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 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.