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GEORGE DOLBRYN THOMAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1950 – May 16, 1969
Service recordGeorge Dolbryn Thomas, of Dayton, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Dayton, Virginia (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 26
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1969
- DENIS GORDON SCHMIDTSpecialist Five · May 16, 1969
- JOSEPH VINCENT SCHMIDTSergeant · May 16, 1969
From Dayton
- NORMAN NORWOOD MILLERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- KENNETH WILSON SHOOKAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- DICKIE CARSON CURRYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
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.