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DAVID GEORGE THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1945 – May 10, 1968
Service recordDavid George Thomas, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 16
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 16
- THOMAS FREDRICK SWANN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
- HERSHALL TALLENTSergeant · May 10, 1968
- HERMAN L TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- ARTHUR CASTILLO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 9
- HERMAN L TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 16
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.