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JOHN CHARLES THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – August 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Thomas, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 35
- LEON ALTON PALMERSergeant · August 17, 1968
- WILLIAM ELMO POWELLCaptain · August 17, 1968
- WALTER SEALSSergeant · August 17, 1968
- JOSEPH R STEINER IIISergeant · August 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEVEN LASSITERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 33
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.