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CURTIS FRANCIS THORNTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1950 – January 17, 1969
Service recordCurtis Francis Thornton, of North Syracuse, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- October 8, 1950
- Home of record
- North Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 29
- JEFFREY DAVID RUPPPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- STANLEY K RYKACZEWSKIFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- TERRY CLEO SIMISONPetty Officer Second Class · January 17, 1969
- VICTOR ARLON SMITHCaptain · January 17, 1969
From North Syracuse
- THOMAS EDWARD MCGRAWPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
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.