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JAMES RICHARD THOMAS
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 5, 1943 – November 25, 1971
Service recordJames Richard Thomas, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 25, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 72
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 ARS
- Born
- July 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1971; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1971, 109 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
Also on Panel 2W, Line 72
- JOHN WILLIAM GEORGECaptain · November 25, 1971
- THOMAS DEAN PROSEAirman First Class · November 25, 1971
- LOWELL RAY SAUNDERSSpecialist Five · November 25, 1971
- ROBERT BENNETT SWENCKMajor · November 25, 1971
From Ft Walton Beach
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · August 26, 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.