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ROOSEVELT THARRINGTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1947 – April 3, 1968
Service recordRoosevelt Tharrington JR, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Assault Amphibious Vehicle (2142)
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 47E, Line 56
- DAVID LEONARD SKUMURSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SOVIZALSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- LENARD STREET JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.