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JAMES LEO THONEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 9, 1949 – January 17, 1970
Service recordJames Leo Thonen, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 41
- OTTO JOHN OSTENFELDCorporal · January 17, 1970
- DONALD PAUL SLOATSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- PHILIP EDWIN SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- LYNWOOD KEETON THORNTONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LYNWOOD KEETON THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 41
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
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.