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DANIEL PATRICK THOMAS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1949 – May 31, 1969
Service recordDaniel Patrick Thomas JR, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 32
- JAMES GERALD FLYNNStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1969
- SCOTT WILLIAM THORNBURGPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · May 31, 1969
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 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.