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JOSEPH EUGENE THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1949 – July 7, 1968
Service recordJoseph Eugene Thomas, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 40
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
- October 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 40
- THOMAS THOMAS SPRINKLESpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- ROGER LEE STROUDCorporal · July 7, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- RUSSELL DEAN WAKEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.