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FRANK THORNTON JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 25, 1930 – May 5, 1964
Service recordFrank Thornton JR, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 93 MACV
- Born
- June 25, 1930
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 52
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- WILLIAM CHESTER OSBORNCaptain · May 5, 1964
- BILLY DUANE GOODSpecialist Five · May 16, 1964
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
From Thomasville
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES SCOTTCorporal · February 12, 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.