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OSCAR LOW THOMAS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1946 – October 23, 1967
Service recordOscar Low Thomas JR, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 58
- EARL GAUTNEYStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT G TSCHUMPERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- GEORGE MICKEL VINEYARDPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH SOSINSKICorporal · Panel 28E, Line 57
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 1968
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · May 6, 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.