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DAVID CARL THOMAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1943 – April 3, 1968
Service recordDavid Carl Thomas, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 57
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 57
- JAMES CALVEN THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- THOMAS PETER VISKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DAYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 48
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 50
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 51
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 51
- LESLIE JOHN LANTOSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 52
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 53
- CHARLES PATRICK SCARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 54
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 57
- THEODORE WILLIAM SANDIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 58
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 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.