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PAUL EDWARD THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – April 5, 1970
Service recordPaul Edward Thomas, of Esbon, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Esbon, Kansas (Jewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 99
- STEVEN MICHAEL TORREYCorporal · April 5, 1970
- WINSTON CHARLES WALKERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1970
- STEPHEN JOHN ALSUPSpecialist Four · April 6, 1970
- RUIZ FRANCISCO J BORREGOPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
From Esbon
- LARRY GENE BELDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 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.