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JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1944 – January 28, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Thomas JR, of Fresno, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 92
- FRANCIS PETER JELINEKStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- JOE FRANKLIN KELLEYHospitalman · January 28, 1967
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- PAUL BRUCE SEVERLOHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 92
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.