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JOHN DOUGLAS THRASHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1950 – November 4, 1969
Service recordJohn Douglas Thrasher, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 254 MED DET USARV
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 32
- ELMER MATTHEW SHIELDSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SMITHCaptain · November 4, 1969
- BENNIE VORICE STEPHENS JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- JOHN ALAN WAREStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.