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TERRY ALLEN THORNTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 5, 1950 – December 28, 1969
Service recordTerry Allen Thornton, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 106
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 106
- RANDALL KEITH TETERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID WALSHStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1969
- MICHAEL HUGH BEAVERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINDASpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 102
- ROGER DALE COXCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 102
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 102
- JOHN WILLIAM FOREMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 103
- DANIAL GUY HEIDERICHSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 104
- CHARLES EVERETT MERRITTCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 104
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 105
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.