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ROBERT EDWARD THORNTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1946 – August 29, 1967
Service recordRobert Edward Thornton, of Brevard, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hawk Missile Crewmember (16D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 6 BN 71 ARTY 97 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Brevard, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 66
- LEROY SPILLER IIILance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- JESSE ALLEN TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 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.