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DANIEL THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – March 21, 1968
Service recordDaniel Thomas, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 52
- AUBREY EUGENE STOWERS JRMajor · March 21, 1968
- JUSTIN GLASTON TURNBULLCorporal · March 21, 1968
- STEPHEN JACKSON WELSHLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY WOODWARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD DONALD HOLDERColonel · Panel 45E, Line 47
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.