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ARVID PALMER THORMODSGARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1947 – March 4, 1971
Service recordArvid Palmer Thormodsgard, of Alcester, South Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 22
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Alcester, South Dakota (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 22
- JAMES JOHN SHERECKCaptain · March 4, 1971
- JOSEPH ARTHUR SILON JRCorporal · March 4, 1971
- GEORGE ANTHONY SPENCESergeant · March 4, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS STRAWNSpecialist Six · March 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ANTHONY SPENCESergeant · Panel 4W, Line 22
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.