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KENNETH LEON THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1945 – August 18, 1968
Service recordKenneth Leon Thomas, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 49
- DAVID MICHAEL STJOHNLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · August 18, 1968
- LEE WESLEY SWAIN JRSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- WALLACE OLDHAM TRAVERS JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.