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FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT THORPE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1948 – June 15, 1967
Service recordFranklin Roosevelt Thorpe, of Tarboro, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 109
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Tarboro, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 109
- LOUIS JAMES PURDYPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- JOHN CLARENCE SHAMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- JOHN WILLARD SWANSON JRLieutenant Colonel · June 15, 1967
- VALENTINO TAUAESESpecialist Five · June 15, 1967
From Tarboro
- CARL LOUIS DOUGHTIELieutenant (junior grade) · June 10, 1965
- HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- CICERO WHITFIELD JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- HUGH ELROY BEST IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- GEORGE ELMER CANNON SRStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- BOBBY EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- THOMAS REUBEN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 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.