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WILLIAM PHILIP THOMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1949 – May 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam Philip Thomas, of Belmont, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 104
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Belmont, Wisconsin (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 104
- ROBERT ERNEST TRIGALETFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- STEPHEN AUGUST VIX JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- DENNIS RICHARD WAGIESergeant · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS WALTERSLance Corporal · May 2, 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.