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DOUGLAS MCARTHUR THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1944 – January 15, 1967
Service recordDouglas McArthur Thomas, of Hamilton, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Texas (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 39
- KENNETH WARREN TEETERSpecialist Five · January 15, 1967
- ARTHUR DOUGLAS WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- GARY LEE LININGERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- ALBERT HEUGH SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 16, 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.