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CHARLES GORDON THORNE
Captain · U.S. Army
October 7, 1941 – February 13, 1970
Service recordCharles Gordon Thorne, of Selma, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (2163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Selma, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 6
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- JESUS JAMES MEZASpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- JAMES OSCAR OLZER JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES E SMELTZER IIISergeant · February 13, 1970
From Selma
- PERCY EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- JOHN LOUIS ADAMSCorporal · July 11, 1968
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.