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RAYMOND BRUCE THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 14, 1949 – September 5, 1969
Service recordRaymond Bruce Thomas, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbia, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 44
- JOHN CHARLES STERLINGCorporal · September 5, 1969
- JOHNNY DELBERT SWANNSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- CHARLES FRANKLIN TAYLORPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- RONALD CRAIG VLIEKSergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT FABIAN BABELPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 36
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 37
- CHARLES LOUIS HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 38
- GARY WILLIAM LAHNACorporal · Panel 18W, Line 40
- HARRY W PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 42
From Columbia
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- THOMAS EARL BAILEYCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN R EVANSSergeant · July 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES ENGROFFPrivate · October 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY SHULTZLance Corporal · May 15, 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.