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RICHARD COBB THUM
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 2, 1942 – November 25, 1968
Service recordRichard Cobb Thum, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 25, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 62
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- June 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 62
- ERNEST ALBERT STAMMCaptain · November 25, 1968
- GARY GRAY THROCKMORTONCorporal · November 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
From Cleveland Heights
- RICHARD GEORGE THOMASSergeant · February 12, 1966
- HOWARD DENNIS WEISSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- BRIAN DALE CLARKSergeant · October 10, 1966
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- ROBERT NELSON BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- LIBERO CHARLES HANDELSergeant · September 1, 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.