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JOHN BRENT THURNHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Brent Thurnham, of Rochester, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 70
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- WAYNE ROY THOMASLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- EVANS JEROME THORNTONSergeant · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILFREDO AYALA-REYESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 62
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 64
- WILLIAM EARL PREWITTSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 68
From Rochester
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · August 15, 1966
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- STERLING HAROLD HILLStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- DENNIS LEE GAUTHIERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1969
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1972
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.