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THEODORE VAIL THOMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 5, 1949 – April 3, 1969
Service recordTheodore Vail Thoman, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 7
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 7
- FRANCIS LAURY PEARSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1969
- ROBERT NICHOLAS PRETESergeant · April 3, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR ROSSCaptain · April 3, 1969
- JOSEPH BERNARD TOLERLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR GENE ECKLUNDMajor · Panel 27W, Line 6
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
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.