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FREDDIE LEE THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – February 8, 1968
Service recordFreddie Lee Thomas, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 40
- TOMMY LANE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- KLAUS JOSEF STRAUSSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- MICHAEL XAVIER SULLIVANCorporal · February 8, 1968
- ONNIE THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWIN BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 22
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
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.