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EDGAR DURPHY THOMAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1935 – June 2, 1971
Service recordEdgar Durphy Thomas, of Glade Spring, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 64
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Glade Spring, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 64
- ROBERT PAUL SANCHEZ JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1971
- MICHAEL ALAN LAMUSGAWarrant Officer 1 · June 2, 1971
- GEORGE HENRY POTTSPrivate First Class · June 2, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES VERSTRAETESergeant · June 2, 1971
From Glade Spring
- HAROLD RICHARD HAYDENSpecialist Four · May 23, 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.