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JOSEF LLOYD THORNE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1940 – April 19, 1965
Service recordJosef Lloyd Thorne, of Brookings, South Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 105
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- November 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Brookings, South Dakota (Brookings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 105
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- GILBERT OLIVARSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- GARY LYN STEELECaptain · April 19, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
From Brookings
- JOHN ARTHUR PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS BIBBYCorporal · February 5, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- WILLIAM DEAN STURDEVANTCorporal · November 2, 1968
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.