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KENNETH BEN THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – May 3, 1970
Service recordKenneth Ben Thomas, of Ontario, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; six of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 93
- THOMAS TIMOTHY SMITHSpecialist Six · May 3, 1970
- EDWARD WILSON STONESpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- JAMES M TREESHCaptain · May 3, 1970
- GLEN ROBERT WITYCYAKStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER GENE CRAIGSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 90
- FRED DENKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 90
- ROBERT BRUCE HANEY JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 91
- THOMAS TIMOTHY SMITHSpecialist Six · Panel 11W, Line 93
From Ontario
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 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.