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JACK THOMAS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1939 – January 31, 1966
Service recordJack Thomas JR, of Ft Jackson, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1939
- Home of record
- Ft Jackson, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 126
- DAN ROGERS SHEARINSergeant · January 31, 1966
- ARMANDO TESILLOSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- ROBERT D DONALDSONSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 122
- GLENN FRANKLIN DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 122
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JACK JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 124
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 125
- CHARLES LEONARD PETEETSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JOHN MICHAEL QUINNSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 126
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 126
- DAVID BARTELS ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
From Ft Jackson
- JOHN K DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1967
- HARRY LEE BOLESSergeant · October 3, 1969
- RICHARD HENRY FANNINGCorporal · April 26, 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.