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THURLE EUGENE CASE JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 2, 1948 – March 16, 1970
Service recordThurle Eugene Case JR, of Vacaville, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 4
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Vacaville, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 4
- GERALD ERNEST CORLETTCorporal · March 16, 1970
- MICHAEL DE-WAYNE DAVISSergeant · March 16, 1970
- FERNANDO DELA CRUZStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1970
- GUY THOMAS DENTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
From Vacaville
- JACK ELROY GARDNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DENNIS STEVEN MICHAELPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT SCOTT SHELTONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- EDMOND JOHN LANDERSCaptain · May 15, 1968
- JIMMIE VAN BOCKPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- WILLIAM MONROE PARKERTechnical Sergeant · April 21, 1975
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.