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DAVID LESLIE THORNTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – November 7, 1968
Service recordDavid Leslie Thornton, of National City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- National City, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 35
- JERRY LEN PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1968
- JAMES TUCKER STOVALLSecond Lieutenant · November 7, 1968
- CRAIG LESLIE WALTONSergeant · November 7, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS YBARRAPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 33
- PAUL EDWARD MALESZEWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 34
From National City
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CURTIS LAMAR DUCKPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE NASHSergeant · June 9, 1968
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1970
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.