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MICHAEL DALE THOMAS
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
October 12, 1948 – January 11, 1969
Service recordMichael Dale Thomas, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 73
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 73
- VAL LYNDON LAFONStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1969
- JOHN MARTIN ROUSCHERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- LEAVY CARLTON SOLOMONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- MATTHEW WINSTON THORNTONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
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.