The Wall › Panel 29E › Florida › Freddie Lee Thomas JR
FREDDIE LEE THOMAS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1943 – November 9, 1967
Service recordFreddie Lee Thomas JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 63
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 63
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- QUINN WILLIAM TICHENORPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- PHILIP RAYMOND WAHLCorporal · November 9, 1967
- DAVID HENRY WAINSCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 56
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 56
- DONALD STEVEN HOLKESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 58
- JAMES RAY HOWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 59
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- ROBERT E SCHARON IIICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 61
- LARRY DOUGLAS SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 62
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- QUINN WILLIAM TICHENORPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 63
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 64
- ROBERT J WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 64
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 64
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.