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JAMES HOLMES THORNTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1941 – November 3, 1965
Service recordJames Holmes Thornton, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 16
- KENNETH WAYNE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- JAMES EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · November 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 14
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 15
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 15
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 15
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
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.