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JOHN R THORNHILL III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1949 – May 7, 1968
Service recordJohn R Thornhill III, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 32
- ARTHUR WAYNE SMITHSergeant · May 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SMITHLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
- DANIEL EDWIN STROBBEPrivate · May 7, 1968
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 26
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 56E, Line 27
- RICK HAROLD FOSBURGStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 28
- BERLIN ROBERT SHUMATESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 31
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.