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LEWIS MCCOY THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1938 – April 14, 1966
Service recordLewis McCoy Thomas, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 114
- ROBERT LEE VADENSergeant · April 14, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD COOPERSergeant · April 15, 1966
- DAVID NATHANIEL EVILSIZERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
- LUSTER CLARK FRIELPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD EARL ROTHRING JRPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 113
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
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.