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JERRY T THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – June 25, 1967
Service recordJerry T Thomas, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 64
- JAMES STEPHEN MCARTHURLance Corporal · June 25, 1967
- RUFUS TIMOTHY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 25, 1967
- NICHOLAS MICHAEL BERAN JRCorporal · June 26, 1967
- THOMAS CLARK CARTWRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN JAMES CAGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 60
- WAYNE VICTOR GORDONSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 61
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.