
Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 21-Aug-1947
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 23-Aug-1966
Incident date: 7-Apr-1967
Date of casualty: 7-Apr-1967
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Bernard Monroe Thomas was on listening post when hit by hostile small arms fire.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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