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JOHN THIERY
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1931 – April 12, 1969
Service recordJohn Thiery, of Fairfield, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6 BN 15 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- January 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Fairfield, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 67
- MANUEL A RIVERA-DELVALLESergeant · April 12, 1969
- SCOTT DOUGLAS SCHOEBENSergeant · April 12, 1969
- SYLVESTER VICTOR SEKNELance Corporal · April 12, 1969
- ROBERT T SMITHSergeant · April 12, 1969
From Fairfield
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · February 17, 1968
- HEINZ RUCHTIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1968
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · April 2, 1970
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.