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JOSEPH MICHAEL THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 21, 1945 – July 26, 1966
Service recordJoseph Michael Thomas, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 78
- STEVEN WAYNE MARTINSpecialist Four · July 26, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- DALE W SCHMIDT JRSpecialist Four · July 26, 1966
- STEVEN ROSS SHERMANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
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.