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THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JR
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
September 3, 1929 – November 8, 1965
Service recordThomas Edward Thayer JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 37
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1929
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 37
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- CLAIR HALL THURSTON JRSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JERALD RILEY TOWATERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
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.