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LARRY ALAN THORNE
Major · U.S. Army
May 28, 1919 – October 18, 1965
Service recordLarry Alan Thorne, of Norwalk, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 18, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 126
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ MACV SD 5891
- Born
- May 28, 1919
- Home of record
- Norwalk, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 18, 1965
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 126
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- SAMUEL THEODORE BAKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1965
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- JOHN BOWERS WORCESTERLieutenant Commander · October 19, 1965
From Norwalk
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN SCANLONCorporal · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STEVENSSpecialist Five · June 10, 1967
- JAMES FABRIZIOPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES W BACHMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 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.