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JAMES LAWRENCE THOMAS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1928 – May 30, 1968
Service recordJames Lawrence Thomas, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1928
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 3
- JERRY MICHAEL STONESergeant · May 30, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE SWIHARTSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- WILLIAM WILBUR JRCorporal · May 30, 1968
- ANDREW KUNG YOUNGFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.