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CLAIR HALL THURSTON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1943 – November 8, 1965
Service recordClair Hall Thurston JR, of Thorndike, Maine, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 37
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Thorndike, Maine (Waldo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 37
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 29
- BRYANT BRAYBOY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 29
- HERMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 29
- LAWRENCE PAIGE HOWARD JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 29
- MAGNO CAMPOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 30
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- SAMUEL ARLEN EIDSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 30
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- BYRON JAMES FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 31
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- KENNETH ERROL GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 31
- JOSEPH THOMAS HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 32
- JOHN EDWARD HANNIGAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 32
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 32
- CLIFTON WILLIAM HARRINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 32
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 32
- RUDOLPH RENE AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 33
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
- JOHN ALBERT HUGHLETTSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 33
- THEODORE R JONES JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
From Thorndike
- NORMAN LAFOREST MCKENNEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 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.