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LEO TARLTON THOMAS JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 24, 1940 – December 19, 1971
Service recordLeo Tarlton Thomas JR, of Georgetown, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 19, 1971, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 90
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Kentucky (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 90
- RONALD WADE NUTEAirman First Class · December 20, 1971
- LUTHER BARNEYSpecialist Five · December 21, 1971
- DONALD HOWARD POWERSSpecialist Four · December 21, 1971
- HENRY ELMER EVANSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1971
From Georgetown
- CHARLES FRANKLIN ALLEN IICaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROGER THOMAS BURROWSLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- EVERETTE ROLAND BAILEYCorporal · October 24, 1968
- HENRY ONEIL WILHOITEFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
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.