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LEO KEITH THORNTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1937 – August 27, 1966
Service recordLeo Keith Thornton, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 51
- RAYMOND JOSEPH PONCURAKSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STEMACSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS JOHN ALBERTSSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 49
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 51
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
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.