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ROY EDWARD THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1939 – February 6, 1966
Service recordRoy Edward Thomas, of Lafayette, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Alabama (Chambers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 8
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALEX E VACZIFirst Sergeant · February 6, 1966
- DAVID ROBERT VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- JAMES BAKER WOODS IIICaptain · February 6, 1966
- BRUCE GEORGE BARTHLance Corporal · February 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 6
- TIMOTHY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 6
- STEVEN P MOLLOHANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 7
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- ALEX E VACZIFirst Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 8
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.