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OTHEL THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 19, 1944 – April 17, 1967
Service recordOthel Thomas, of Ochlocknee, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 43
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Ochlocknee, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 43
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RICHARD LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JAMES RONALD TREMAYNEMajor · April 17, 1967
From Ochlocknee
- SAMUEL VIEL BULLOCH JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
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.