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JAMES WILLIAM THIBAULT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – July 12, 1969
Service recordJames William Thibault, of Anchorville, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 110
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Anchorville, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 110
- JOHN CLANNAHAN USILTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 12, 1969
- DANIEL LEONARD WAGENAARPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- ROGER GERHARD BOVELieutenant · July 13, 1969
- STEVEN WAYNE BRADBURYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DELOS RICHARD BUXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 106
- LARRY D MCKOYCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 109
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.