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OSCAR LEE THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – November 26, 1967
Service recordOscar Lee Thomas, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 95
- ROBERT DWIGHT TAYLORMaster Sergeant · November 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
- TERRY PHILIP BRADYCorporal · September 29, 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.