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MATTHEW ALONZO THOMAS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 13, 1948 – November 18, 1969
Service recordMatthew Alonzo Thomas JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 94
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 94
- DONALD EDWIN SPENCEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
- KANJI YOSHINOSergeant First Class · November 18, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH BACHMANFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.