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EVANS JEROME THORNTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1950 – June 17, 1969
Service recordEvans Jerome Thornton, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 7 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1950
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 70
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- WAYNE ROY THOMASLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · June 17, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.