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GREGORY WAYNE THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordGregory Wayne Thomas, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Kings Mountain, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 65E, Line 2
- LEROY SHANNON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- JERRY EUGENE SPICERStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD TIERNEYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
From Kings Mountain
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- DUDLEY CARROLL HUGHES JRSeaman · December 23, 1967
- ROBERT LARRY DELLINGERSergeant · October 27, 1968
- CHARLIE MELVIN ELLISONPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN GRAHAMCorporal · October 7, 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.