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VERNON JOSEPH THORSTEINSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1945 – August 12, 1967
Service recordVernon Joseph Thorsteinson, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 104
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LISTORTILance Corporal · August 12, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- DAVID LEE MCMATHLance Corporal · August 12, 1967
- TERRANCE LEO MEIERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1967
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.