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SCOTT WILLIAM THORNBURG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1950 – May 31, 1969
Service recordScott William Thornburg, of Loudon, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 32
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
- November 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Loudon, Tennessee (Loudon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 32
- JAMES GERALD FLYNNStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1969
- DANIEL PATRICK THOMAS JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1969
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · May 31, 1969
From Loudon
- JOHN HARRISON SIMPSONCorporal · May 13, 1967
- DANNY EUGENE KINGSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARRELLSergeant · May 11, 1969
- HARVEY C CRABTREE JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 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.