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JOHN WILLIE THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – February 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Willie Thomas, of Louisburg, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 84
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisburg, North Carolina (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 84
- LESLIE HOMER SHAFERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- ALLEN THOMASPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- BOBBY DANIEL TIMMONSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- GERALD WRAZENCaptain · February 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL A GONZALEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 78
From Louisburg
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFTON SHEARINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- PAUL LOUIS JOYNERCorporal · June 16, 1968
- JAMES LEE BOWDENCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMONDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1971
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.