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FRANCIS JOSEPH THORPE
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1923 – January 11, 1971
Service recordFrancis Joseph Thorpe, of Norfolk, Massachusetts, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 41
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 3 MACV
- Born
- September 21, 1923
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 41
- RICHARD LEONARD RUSHLOWSergeant · January 11, 1971
- JOSE RAMON SANDOVALCorporal · January 11, 1971
- WILLIAM ELLIS STRACNERLance Corporal · January 11, 1971
- REX ALAN VOGELPOHLSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
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.