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WALLACE R THORSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordWallace R Thorson JR, of Newberry, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 19
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Newberry, Michigan (Luce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 19
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM BERNARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- DWIGHT THEODORE VALRIEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
From Newberry
- JAMES A GRUEZKEWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD DAN WILLIAMSSergeant · May 1, 1968
- GERALD EVERETT HETRICKLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- ROGER CHARLES NESBITPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 5, 1969
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.