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CHARLES EDWARD THORNTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 19, 1949 – June 19, 1970
Service recordCharles Edward Thornton, of Bryan, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Bryan, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 70
- ROBERT HARRISON PILKSergeant First Class · June 19, 1970
- FRED STEVEN SMARTPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN STEELESergeant · June 19, 1970
- RONALD RICHARD STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS ARTHUR BONDSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 68
- BARRY KENT WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 69
From Bryan
- JOHNNIE LINTON GARNERCaptain · September 2, 1967
- SAMMY ARTHUR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD HEBRONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE TOLIVERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- EUGENE C OATES IIICaptain · August 4, 1969
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- GERARD REX BONIFAZISergeant · June 16, 1970
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 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.