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EARL THOMAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1935 – June 18, 1968
Service recordEarl Thomas, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- August 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 29
- CALVIN LEE TERRELLPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- CHARLES BLAKE THOMASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- CHARLIE VANCE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TRAPPPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.