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WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1951 – March 25, 1970
Service recordWilliam Henry Thomas JR, of Senoia, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 44
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- June 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Senoia, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 44
- MALCOLM JEROME PICKETTPrivate First Class · March 25, 1970
- FRANK ERIC SACHARANSKIFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- JOSEPH WAKEFIELD JRSergeant · March 25, 1970
- HENRY LEWIS ALLENMajor · March 26, 1970
From Senoia
- WAYNE JACKSON VESSELLPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD COUCHSergeant · December 30, 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.