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RICHARD LLOYD THORNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1947 – March 14, 1967
Service recordRichard Lloyd Thornell, of Portage, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 82
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
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Portage, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 82
- CLARENCE EDWARD ROLLENPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK TERHUNEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- DAVID ELMER WELCHStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1967
From Portage
- JAMES LOUIS JAKOLance Corporal · December 27, 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.