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HENRY BENNY THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1950 – August 31, 1970
Service recordHenry Benny Thomas, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 29
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
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 29
- LORENZO FOXSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- LARRY GENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · August 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS PAUL ZERBAPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
- RANDY CARROLL BRACKINCorporal · September 1, 1970
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.