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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Tucker Thurston.

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DANIEL TUCKER THURSTON

Sergeant · U.S. Army

February 7, 1947 – June 9, 1969

Service record

Daniel Tucker Thurston, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22W · Line 9

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
February 7, 1947
Home of record
Ambler, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 9, 1969
Age
22
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 22W, Line 9

Same unit, same day

From Ambler

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.