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STEPHEN H THORNTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – November 14, 1967
Service recordStephen H Thornton, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 98
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 98
- RANDALL DALE SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1967
- MANUEL SILVALance Corporal · November 14, 1967
- GERARD MICHAEL WYNNMajor · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KOVALCSIKCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 93
- JAMES PERRY CRYSTER IIISergeant · Panel 29E, Line 94
- JOSEF HEMERSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 94
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 95
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 97
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.