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JAMES CALVEN THOMAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1947 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJames Calven Thomas, of Safford, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on April 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 57
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 7 MARDIV
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Safford, Arizona (Graham County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 3, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47E, Line 57
- DAVID CARL THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- THOMAS PETER VISKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
From Safford
- MICHAEL DENNIS DUNAGANPrivate · September 1, 1969
- WALTER BRUCE FOOTESergeant · March 6, 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.