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JOHN WILLIAM THORP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – September 8, 1968
Service recordJohn William Thorp, of Huntington, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 394 TRANS DET 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntington, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 7
- GROVER LYNN SUITCorporal · September 8, 1968
- THEODORE A THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK WHELANSergeant · September 8, 1968
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant · September 8, 1968
From Huntington
- GEORGE THOMAS VOLLMARPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH KRAUSS JRMajor · June 18, 1967
- FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPPLieutenant (junior grade) · November 2, 1967
- LEO FREDRICK MALONESergeant · April 7, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- CHARLES ROECKLLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN REARDONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
- CHARLES DEWANN SLAYTONSpecialist Four · May 9, 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.