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ELMER WAYNE THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 8, 1945 – May 25, 1968
Service recordElmer Wayne Thomas, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 5
- LARRY STERNPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- DENNIS LAWRENCE STIGLITZCorporal · May 25, 1968
- DENNIS RAY SWANTAKStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR THIELE JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS J DAVIS IIISergeant · Panel 69W, Line 1
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · Panel 68W, Line 3
- HERBERT WAYNE MOODYCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 1
- JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELLCaptain · Panel 67W, Line 4
- RICHARD JOHN WEIDNERCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 7
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.