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JOHN ARTHUR THIELE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1943 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Thiele JR, of St Johns, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Smoke Operations Specialist (54C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1943
- Home of record
- St Johns, Florida (St Johns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 5
- LARRY STERNPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- DENNIS LAWRENCE STIGLITZCorporal · May 25, 1968
- DENNIS RAY SWANTAKStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ELMER WAYNE THOMASCorporal · May 25, 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.