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GEORGE THOMAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1948 – May 17, 1968
Service recordGeorge Thomas JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 12
- WILBUR ARNOLD SKAARMajor · May 17, 1968
- QUENTON EDWARD SLOCUM JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- VINCENT JAMES STAMATO JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.