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JOHN RAYMOND THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1945 – December 4, 1968
Service recordJohn Raymond Thomas, of Pacific Grove, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 42
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Pacific Grove, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 42
- MARLIN SMITHPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT STOLTZSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- RICHARD DAVID TAMMSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS TARRANCEHospitalman · December 4, 1968
From Pacific Grove
- REINALDO ANTONIO CASTROSergeant · April 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES LEE URNESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD LEE BUCKLESCaptain · July 12, 1969
- PHILLIP CHARLES SMITHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1969
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.