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MICHAEL HOWARD THOMAS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1943 – January 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Howard Thomas, of Pawnee, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- January 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Pawnee, Oklahoma (Pawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 92
- RONALD LEE SANDLINCorporal · January 20, 1968
- STEVE SANDOR SAROSSYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
From Pawnee
- JAMES HALE TUCKERMajor · April 26, 1966
- THOMAS LEE LITTLESUNPrivate First Class · February 16, 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.