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WALTER REED THOMAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1936 – February 27, 1967
Service recordWalter Reed Thomas, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 110
- CONRAD FRANCIS STRAUBSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GORDON RAY TEFTELLERCorporal · February 27, 1967
- ARTHUR JOSEPH TURNERCorporal · February 27, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS VANHORNCorporal · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ESTUS ABSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 102
- J H HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 105
- JOSE REYMUNDO LOZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 107
- OTIS BEVERLEY SINKSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 109
- GORDON RAY TEFTELLERCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 110
- TRAVIS GARY WALDENSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 111
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.