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HOMER DANIEL THICK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1935 – June 23, 1969
Service recordHomer Daniel Thick, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 3
- STEVEN JAMES SKEENFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- CHARLES STOCKTON TAYLORLieutenant (junior grade) · June 23, 1969
- FRANKLIN W UNDERWOOD JRStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 118
- GARY FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 118
- DOUGLAS PAUL SAVAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 2
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.