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ROBERT JOHN THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – May 18, 1967
Service recordRobert John Thomas, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 37
- CALVIN LEROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- LELAND HERBERT THOMPSONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE MCELHANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 32
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.