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JAMES CARL THOMAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1946 – December 20, 1966
Service recordJames Carl Thomas, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 66
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 66
- BOBBY LEE WADDELLSergeant · December 20, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JACK EVAN BEAMPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- EDWARD LEROY BROCKSergeant · December 21, 1966
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DEAN CALVIN SPENCER IIISpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
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.