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JAMES MYER THOMAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1948 – December 16, 1967
Service recordJames Myer Thomas, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 13
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, South Carolina (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 13
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- HARLEY ROY STANDRIDGECorporal · December 16, 1967
- JAMES TIMOTHY TAYLORLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM VASILOPULOSCorporal · December 16, 1967
From Winnsboro
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- HAROLD MCGILL RENWICK JRCaptain · February 27, 1968
- STEPHEN RANDOLPH HILTONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELLMaster Sergeant · May 7, 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.