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JULIUS THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordJulius Thomas, of Bastrop, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Bastrop, Texas (Bastrop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Kien Tuong 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.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 39
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · January 12, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS QUILLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- MAX RAY SPANGLERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- DARRY RICHARD STRAUSSERCorporal · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 34
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 36
- WILLIAM BAKER HUBBLECorporal · Panel 34E, Line 37
- EARL LONDONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 37
- JOHNNIE KAY PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 38
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.