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JOSEPH HAROLD THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordJoseph Harold Thomas, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 8
- SAMUEL FREDERICK ANKNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD TROUTLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- STANLEY EUGENE WESTSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.