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HOWARD RAY THOMAS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordHoward Ray Thomas JR, of Oxford, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Oxford, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 16
- GEORGE JULIUS SMITH JRCorporal · March 11, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES TEUTSCHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- DANIEL WAYNE TINDLESpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- HOWARD GREGORY WEBSTERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER EDWARD DENNYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 6
- WHITNEY T FERGUSON IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 7
- MICHAEL JEROME GRUENWALDPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 8
- STEPHEN HARDERSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 9
- JOHN RICHARD JACKSONSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 10
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 13
From Oxford
- JOHN WAYNE HUDGENSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WILLARD FRANK YOUNGPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- ERROL ARTHUR HUGHESSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- WILLIAM DANIEL SAPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
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.