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LARRY LEE THORNTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordLarry Lee Thornton, of Spanish Fork, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Spanish Fork, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 20
- CLARENCE ROBERT ROOTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS SHIELDSPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- LARRY HAYS SMITHCorporal · June 29, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE SWABCorporal · June 29, 1968
From Spanish Fork
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · January 31, 1966
- FRANKLIN ANGEL CARASColonel · April 28, 1967
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.