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DAVID EUGENE THOMAS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 22, 1942 – November 3, 1967
Service recordDavid Eugene Thomas, of Sedalia, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 17
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Sedalia, Missouri (Pettis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 17
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- MICHAEL ROMANO JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD WELLS SANDIFERPetty Officer First Class · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
- RANDALL WAYNE ERNSBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
- GARY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 15
- FRANK J PAPASpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 16
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 17
From Sedalia
- VERNDEAN ARTHUR BROCKMANSergeant First Class · November 16, 1963
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- HERMAN JOHN VOLLMERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD SIRONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · January 24, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- JAMES MILTON DALESpecialist Five · November 20, 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.