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JOHNIE B THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1942 – January 31, 1968
Service recordJohnie B Thomas, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 39
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH STRAYERStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- GERALD DEWAYNE SULLIVANSergeant · January 31, 1968
- BERNARD DAVID THOMPSON JRLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL MONROE AMOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 85
- HARRY LEON ECTONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- ERNEST ELWOOD FREUND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 9
- OWEN NIEL GARNETCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 9
- GUY EMERY GREENFIELDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 11
- ROBERT MICHAEL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 14
- ROBERT ANDREW HUIECorporal · Panel 36E, Line 17
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 26
- JIMMIE PATTENSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 29
- BENJAMIN FREDERICK PITTSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 30
- ROBERT WILLIAM SCHULTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JAMES MICHAEL VIELBAUMPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 40
- LUCION PERRY WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.