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WAYNE EARL THOMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordWayne Earl Thomas, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 34
- REGINALD GAY TOLBERTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LEE TREASCaptain · August 22, 1968
- PATRICK EDWARD WARDSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.