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NATHANIEL THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1946 – June 15, 1968
Service recordNathaniel Thomas, of Appling, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Appling, Georgia (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 32
- JAMES EDWARD SULLINGERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- NAPOLEON ENOCH TALIAFERROPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN THIBAULTPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.