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KENNETH CHARLES THORNTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1949 – October 22, 1970
Service recordKenneth Charles Thornton, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 17
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)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 17
- DAVID THOMAS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
- RAYMOND REX BERGERSpecialist Four · October 23, 1970
- NATHAN LAMAR INGLEPetty Officer Third Class · October 23, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES LEBOEUFSergeant · October 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TOUSSAINT O DALTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 15
- MILO CLINTON ISAACSSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 16
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.