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RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1944 – April 9, 1967
Service recordRonald Medford Thomas II, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 5
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 5
- LOUIS HENRY JILEKSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- WILLIAM CURTIS MADISONPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY CLINTON EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 2
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 3
- GLENN JOHN HLAVACEKCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 4
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 5
- WILLIAM CURTIS MADISONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- DALE E MILAMSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 6
- CHARLES ALBERT STOKENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 7
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 10, 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.