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MICHAEL WALTER THOENNES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1944 – May 30, 1967
Service recordMichael Walter Thoennes, of Leawood, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 19
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- August 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Leawood, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 19
- CLARK EDWARD SAPPCorporal · May 30, 1967
- KENNETH L STAGERStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1967
- GEORGE STEVEN SUTTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- GERALD ARLENE VIZERPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
From Leawood
- FREDERICK JOHN SUTTERCaptain · December 31, 1971
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.