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RICHARD GEORGE THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1939 – February 12, 1966
Service recordRichard George Thomas, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 28
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- LEONARD DAVID FORDPrivate · February 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 26
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 28
From Cleveland Heights
- 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
- RICHARD COBB THUMLieutenant (junior grade) · November 25, 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.