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NEAL ROBERT THALIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1947 – June 2, 1967
Service recordNeal Robert Thalin, of Dedham, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Dedham, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 39
- RALPH EDWARD SMITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- RALPH WENTZ SMITHGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- JAMES ELMER THEISENPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- SAM RICHARD TRIZZA JRFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1967
From Dedham
- JOHN ANDREW BARNES IIIPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- DOUGLAS D CROWECaptain · March 4, 1968
- BERNARD F DUTTON JRLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD LITCHFIELDFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
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.