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LARRY BENJAMIN THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1947 – January 15, 1969
Service recordLarry Benjamin Thomas, of Atmore, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 11
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 29 ARTY I FF
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Atmore, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 11
- DEANE ARTHUR TAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- TIMOTHY MARTIN TELLEFSENCorporal · January 15, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL TREJOPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- CHARLES FREDERICK WADEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
From Atmore
- JACK ELLIOTT CLEMMONSSpecialist Five · December 18, 1965
- ELMER JACK TAYLORSergeant · March 30, 1966
- JAMES MATHEW KELLYSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ALLEN TWIGGS MERRITT IVPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD BENJAMINCorporal · February 6, 1968
- JAMES RAYFORD GOHAGINSpecialist Five · May 13, 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.