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EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 10, 1933 – September 10, 1966
Service recordEdmund Francis Thornell, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 10, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 10, 1933
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 85
- LAWRENCE BYRON TATUMColonel · September 10, 1966
- THOMAS CHARLES WALSHCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PAUL GARY WEIGANDPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
From Redondo Beach
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 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.