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WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1949 – January 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam Michael Thomas, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 11
- CARL DALE PIPHERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- LAVALLE WALKERPrivate · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL WILSON BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 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.