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GREGORY JOSEPH THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1949 – January 15, 1970
Service recordGregory Joseph Thomas, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 37
- WILLIAM BUGOSHSpecialist Four · January 15, 1970
- TOMMY RAY WARRENMajor · January 15, 1970
- DAVID KEITH AESCHLIMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 16, 1970
- RICHARD LYLE BLOWERSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
From Upper Darby
- EDWARD WILLIAM REILLYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEOLance Corporal · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.