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TERRY LEE THORNTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – June 11, 1969
Service recordTerry Lee Thornton, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 28
- GARY ROBERT STAHLECKERPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- DOUGLAS LEE STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- JAMES CLARENCE STRUBECorporal · June 11, 1969
- BRUCE HAROLD TIBBETTSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD MILTON BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 19
- FRANK F DEMARIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 19
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAYCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 21
- EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- JACK CHARLES LEESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · Panel 22W, Line 25
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 25
- DANIEL GEORGE REIDSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 27
- DOUGLAS LEE STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 28
- JAMES CLARENCE STRUBECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 28
- BRUCE HAROLD TIBBETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 28
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MONKMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
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.