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THERMON HENRY EMORY JR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 16, 1938 – February 26, 1970
Service recordThermon Henry Emory JR, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 57
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signalman (SM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 16, 1938
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 57
- MARTIN JOSEPH BENSONFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1970
- ROBERT LANE FALLOWSPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN FLEMINGSergeant · February 26, 1970
- FRANK BARD GLENDENNINGPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 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.