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TOBY ARTHUR THOMAS
Fireman · U.S. Navy
May 4, 1949 – June 23, 1970
Service recordToby Arthur Thomas, of Brentwood, Missouri, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 23, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 87
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Brentwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 87
- GEORGE ROBERT WALLSergeant · June 23, 1970
- WAYNE RICHARD ANDERSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1970
- GEORGE ANTHONY CAPUANOSergeant · June 24, 1970
- THOMAS DAVID CATLINSergeant · June 24, 1970
From Brentwood
- JOHN WILBUR GRUTSCH JRFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- STEPHEN WAYNE BANCROFTCorporal · July 29, 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.