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ROY STEPHEN THOMAS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – May 10, 1969
Service recordRoy Stephen Thomas, of Trout Creek, Montana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 44
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Trout Creek, Montana (Sanders County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 44
- JAMES RICHARD THOMASCorporal · May 10, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN WADEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- BILLY GENE WAIDCorporal · May 10, 1969
- WILLIAM WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARCUS RANDOLPH BYOUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 36
- PAUL NORMAN KUPCHINSKASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 40
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 42
- ALLAN EMILE STAHLSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 43
From Trout Creek
- VICTOR JOHN PIRKERGunnery Sergeant · November 22, 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.