The Wall › Panel 15W › Virginia › Thomas Wilmer Mynes
THOMAS WILMER MYNES
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 29, 1941 – December 30, 1969
Service recordThomas Wilmer Mynes, of Raphine, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 30, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 111
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Raphine, Virginia (Rockbridge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 111
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY RAPP JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
From Raphine
- CHARLES ROBERT KESTERSONMajor · May 4, 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.