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RONALD GENE THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1950 – July 14, 1969
Service recordRonald Gene Thomas, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 121
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 121
- WILLIAM DAVID GILLINGHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE SHELTONPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- HAROLD MARTIN SLOANPetty Officer Second Class · July 14, 1969
- LARRY LESTER TECHMEIRSergeant · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN CHARLES ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 115
- PETER AUGUST DROUHARDSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 117
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- ELDON LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- JOE IGNACIO RODRIGUEZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 120
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- LARRY LESTER TECHMEIRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 121
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.