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KENNETH EUGENE THORNTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1944 – November 15, 1966
Service recordKenneth Eugene Thornton, of Shelby, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Shelby, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 77
- WESLEY SHIMODAPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- BUDDY ALFONZA STANLEYStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN STARCHERLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
From Shelby
- DONALD RICHARD TROXELLPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- DELBERT O LEWISPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MOSS JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CHEARNLEYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- BRUCE COPLEYPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
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.