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ROBERT WAYNE THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1948 – July 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Thomas, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 28
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS STONEStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
- ALTON KENNETH WOOLF JRLance Corporal · July 21, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.