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DAVID RAY TOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1950 – August 5, 1970
Service recordDavid Ray Tomas, of Gonzales, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 86
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Gonzales, Texas (Gonzales County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 86
- JEAN MASON KRAUSSergeant · August 5, 1970
- ANGELO GENTRY LARRAGASpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH MUELLENBACHStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1970
- MARGARITO RODRIGUEZ JRSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK STEVEN HAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 85
- RONALD WARD HERDSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 85
From Gonzales
- JIMMIE TUCHCorporal · November 14, 1966
- CARL EUGENE BOLDENLance Corporal · December 30, 1966
- LOUIS L SCHAUTTEET JRLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · April 24, 1971
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.