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THOMAS RICHARD ANNIS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 2, 1942 – May 19, 1966
Service recordThomas Richard Annis, of Hesperia, Michigan, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 107
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Hesperia, Michigan (Oceana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 107
- JIMMY CARLTON BETHEASergeant · May 24, 1966
- MAURICE ALOYSIUS CASEYSergeant First Class · May 24, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 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.