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MARSHALL FLOYD THOMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1950 – October 10, 1969
Service recordMarshall Floyd Thomas, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 65
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- WILLIAM F UNCKRICHCaptain · October 10, 1969
- MOSES LOPES ALVESMajor · October 11, 1969
- ELLSWORTH SMITH BRADFORDStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MAURICE PETER KRAEMER JRCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 62
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.