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MURREL D THOMAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1928 – May 22, 1965
Service recordMurrel D Thomas, of Glasgow, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 15, 1928
- Home of record
- Glasgow, Kentucky (Barren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 123
- TROY LEE WATERSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1965
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- EDWARD KENNEYSergeant First Class · May 23, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
From Glasgow
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD KIRNSergeant · March 16, 1967
- ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- WARDELL LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS COMPTONSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · June 30, 1969
- EDWARD LEO KINGREYSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- JOHN SPENCER BAILEY JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
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.