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MATTHEW WINSTON THORNTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 5, 1948 – January 11, 1969
Service recordMatthew Winston Thornton, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 73
- VAL LYNDON LAFONStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1969
- JOHN MARTIN ROUSCHERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- LEAVY CARLTON SOLOMONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE THOMASHospitalman · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY TAYLOR CLARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 69
- JOHN THOMAS HINESPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 71
- JOE MACIASCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 72
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 74
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.