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THOMAS GLENN CORNWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1949 – September 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Glenn Cornwell, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 78
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 78
- JAMES ARTHUR BURNSFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK CAMERONCaptain · September 13, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- THOMAS WILEY NORMAN JRCaptain · September 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 79
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 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.