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EARL WILLIAM THOMAS JR
Private · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – December 21, 1968
Service recordEarl William Thomas JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 59
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 59
- JAMES FELIX RUMMAGECorporal · December 21, 1968
- EDWARD SALONIES JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH SCALISESergeant First Class · December 21, 1968
- ELMER GERALD SIKORSKIStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CHARLES BACHERTSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 55
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.