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JOHN DAVID THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1949 – April 16, 1970
Service recordJohn David Thomas, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 15
- RALPH EUGENE REEDSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- FRANK LEE RIDENStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1970
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.