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WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1944 – May 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Arthur Thomas JR, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Havertown, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 42
- ANTHONY TAYLORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TEETORPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- BARRY WILLIAM VANHORNPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD PETERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 40
From Havertown
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- ALONZO R TOALMajor · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WEISSSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
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.