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DONALD FREDRICK THULIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1946 – April 4, 1967
Service recordDonald Fredrick Thulin, of Vancouver, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 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 17E, Line 101
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- LEWIS EUGENE AVERYSpecialist Four · April 5, 1967
- GLENN TRUMAN BRISTOWHospitalman · April 5, 1967
- WILLARD BROOKENS JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VERNON R BAKERPrivate · Panel 17E, Line 97
- RONALD BRUCE SCHRADERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 100
From Vancouver
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH NUSSBAUMERCommander · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD LLOYD LEROY JRLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT ARNOLD METTERTCorporal · May 7, 1967
- MAURICE KARL MOCKPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL DEGENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DELL COLEMAN ODEGARDCorporal · January 30, 1968
- HOWARD DAVID AKEHURSTLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- STEVEN ARTHUR FRINKPrivate First Class · July 26, 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.