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LUTHER JAMES THEDFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1943 – August 23, 1968
Service recordLuther James Thedford, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 56
- ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH UYESAKASergeant · August 23, 1968
- HOWARD STEVEN VARNIStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- STEVEN CHARLES VINTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.