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TOMMY ROY THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1947 – September 27, 1969
Service recordTommy Roy Thomas, of South San Gabriel, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 13
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1947
- Home of record
- South San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 13
- ROBERT LEE HENNEGHANSergeant · September 27, 1969
- JOHN NORMAN HUNTLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1969
- JOHNNY NEWSOMECorporal · September 27, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY TONONSpecialist Four · September 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD DELONG JRCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 12
From South San Gabriel
- RAMIRO MICHAEL MORASergeant First Class · August 16, 1968
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.