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ROBERT READE THRUSTON III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 27, 1940 – December 18, 1964
Service recordRobert Reade Thruston III, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- August 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 77
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- TOMMIE D EMERTSergeant · December 13, 1964
- EARL ALLEN PATTERSONStaff Sergeant · December 13, 1964
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
From Fairfax
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
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.