Jack Thomas, Jr

Sergeant
BRAVO CO, 2ND BN, 12TH CAVALRY, 1 CAV DIV
Army of the United States
14 October 1939 - 31 January 1966
Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Panel 04E Line 126

1 CAV DIV

12TH CAV RGT 		Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, Good Conduct, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Jack Thomas, Jr

25 Oct 2006

Jack,
If it wasn't for you, my name would be on the Wall, too.

From a member of his fire team,
Al Zeller
zeller@nscl.msu.edu

A Note from The Virtual Wall

According to David Sigler's "Vietnam Battle Chronology" elements of the 1st Cavalry Division engaged the 7th and 9th Battalions, 33rd NVA Regiment, near the hamlet of Cu Nghi about eight miles north of Bong Son in Binh Dinh Province. The bloody fight began on 28 Jan 1966 and continued for three days. Although Sigler says 121 Americans died in the fighting, the casualty database lists 57 hostile-fire deaths in Binh Dinh Province during those three days; of them, 17 were from 2nd Bn, 12th Cavalry. Eight of the 17 were from Sergeant Thomas's Bravo Company 2/12:




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 25 Oct 2006
Last updated 08/10/2009