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FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1947 – March 30, 1967
Service recordFrank Herbert Thomas JR, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 76
- DAVID ALAN SIEMONCorporal · March 30, 1967
- ROCKY RAND SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- DENNIS CARROLL STROUDPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN WALTRICHPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- CLYDE TERRY CODYStaff Sergeant · February 1, 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.