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JIMMY RAY THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordJimmy Ray Thomas, of Brewton, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 18
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Brewton, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 18
- LOREN FRANCIS STUDERPetty Officer Second Class · May 31, 1968
- DARWIN CLIFFORD STURTZCorporal · May 31, 1968
- JOSEPH MEREL THORNCorporal · May 31, 1968
- DONALD RAY TRANTHAMLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
From Brewton
- OBIE CLYDE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY WINTERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
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.