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DAVID LOUIS THORPE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1946 – August 8, 1966
Service recordDavid Louis Thorpe, of San Andreas, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 119
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- San Andreas, California (Calaveras County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- 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 August 8, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 119
- CHARLES MILTON WALLINGMajor · August 8, 1966
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- JACK ALLEN WELCHPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD WYNNEMajor · August 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TONY LEE BAKKEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 110
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 110
- FRANK LEE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 110
- JUDGE BURROUGHS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 111
- ORRIE JULIUS BUSKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 111
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 111
- DONALD LEE CORBINPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 112
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 112
- CHARLES RICHARD GREENEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 113
- DAVID CONRAD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 113
- MARTIS LEON HAYNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 113
- ANDY JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 114
- DOUGLAS WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 114
- JOHN JORDAN KOLZSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 114
- GEORGE EDWARD MATUSCSAKPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 115
- RICHARD WOODS MEEHANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 115
- LESLIE DAVID NICKELSPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 115
- ERIC REINHARD NORDMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 115
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 116
- MARK EDWARD PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 116
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 116
- RICHARD WILLIAM POWERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 117
- CHARLES RAY POWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 117
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 117
From San Andreas
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · July 24, 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.