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JERRY GALE THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1940 – November 3, 1971
Service recordJerry Gale Thomas, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 60
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 60
- DENNIS IRVIN DAYSergeant · November 3, 1970
- RICHARD CLAIR DORITYSergeant · November 3, 1970
- DAVID LANDRELL GINNSergeant · November 3, 1970
- HARVEY DOUGLAS JOHNSONSpecialist Five · November 4, 1971
From Marietta
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 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.