The Wall › Panel 27E › Michigan › Thomas Milton Thatcher
THOMAS MILTON THATCHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1947 – September 24, 1967
Service recordThomas Milton Thatcher, of Birmingham, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · 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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 7
- GARY LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ERRAL DALE SMALLWOODPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- JOE MINOR THOMASSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
From Birmingham
- SAMUEL GIZZI ORLANDOHospitalman Apprentice · March 4, 1966
- DAIN W MILLIMANMajor · November 10, 1966
- JOHN HENRY BOUDREAUCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN EARLE KLETTHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- DAVID LOUIS PERKETTPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- TERENCE RAYMOND ROACH JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD ANGERMANPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · August 23, 1968
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER HUGH MARKEYSecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1970
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.