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ROBERT VIRGIL THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1946 – January 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Virgil Thomas, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 89
- STEVE ALBERT SRSENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- LAWRENCE SMITH VOGELPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN WOOLHEATERPetty Officer Third Class · January 27, 1967
- RICHARD VICKERS THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 87
- ROBERT GLENN ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 88
- THOMAS QUICHOCHO SABLANStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 88
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- JOHN DAVID FLANIGANPrivate · November 17, 1967
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.