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TERENCE PIERCE THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1946 – March 11, 1968
Service recordTerence Pierce Thomas, of Hammett, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 22
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Hammett, Idaho (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 22
- TONY LARUE TATESpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JEFFREY ARTHUR TURNERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- JAMES MILTON WARRSergeant · March 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE FRANKLIN EVANSStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 15
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.