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JONATHON E THOMAS JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1931 – January 23, 1967
Service recordJonathon E Thomas JR, of Pecos, Texas, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Born
- December 21, 1931
- Home of record
- Pecos, Texas (Reeves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 69
- MARK ANTHONY CHMIELPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- ALEXANDER COLES JRHospitalman · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ELICE COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1967
- JULIAN A FINCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1967
From Pecos
- MANUEL MARTINEZ GONZALESCorporal · December 10, 1967
- ERNESTO SALVADOR PEREASpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JERNIGANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1968
- JOE MANUEL JUAREZPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- WILLIAM MILAM HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 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.