- Date
- circa 1964-07
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitymigration
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1964 Beaver Beacon reported that Dale Thomas, son of Lucille Thomas of Sandusky, Ohio, was killed in Vietnam in late July. It says he was survived by his wife and infant son and that the Thomas family had been Beaver Island summer residents for many years.
Evidence and limits
This is a brief community obituary notice. It does not provide military, civil, casualty, or funeral records.
Sources
- Reports Dale Thomas, son of Lucille Thomas of Sandusky, Ohio, killed in Vietnam in late July, survived by a wife and infant son, and says the Thomas family were Beaver Island summer residents for many years. It does not provide military, civil, or funeral records, or a specific death location.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death of Dale Thomas in Vietnam, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-dale-thomas-vietnam-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1964, “Obituaries.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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