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WILSON DECOSTA THOMAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 18, 1945 – June 15, 1969
Service recordWilson Decosta Thomas, of South Hill, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1945
- Home of record
- South Hill, Virginia (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 55
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- ALTON RAY PHILLIPSSergeant · June 15, 1969
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- PETER PAUL RUBIOCorporal · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALTON RAY PHILLIPSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 55
From South Hill
- DANNY TAYLOR CLARKFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT LEWIS KINGStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1971
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.