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KEVIN GARNER THORNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1951 – February 27, 1971
Service recordKevin Garner Thorne, of Englewood, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Englewood, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 10
- RODNEY D COLLINSCaptain · February 27, 1971
- FRED MOONEYSergeant First Class · February 27, 1971
- EMILIO NINAISEN NEDEDOGSergeant · February 27, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES ROY SIXLance Corporal · February 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LESTER BABCOCKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 8
- FRED MOONEYSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 10
From Englewood
- GARY DOUGLAS UTZLance Corporal · March 18, 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.