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LEE DANIEL THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1950 – March 7, 1969
Service recordLee Daniel Thomas, of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 70
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 70
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- ROGER JAMES SPENCESergeant · March 7, 1969
- BILLY DEAN THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 64
- STEVEN HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 65
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 65
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 71
From Elizabeth
- JOHN VINCENT CHUTISStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BURKHARDTLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE LARGEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · August 26, 1968
- ALEX DENNIS PYSZSpecialist Four · October 27, 1970
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.