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WILLIAM DEMSEY THORNTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – January 28, 1967
Service recordWilliam Demsey Thornton JR, of Tarrytown, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Tarrytown, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14E, Line 93
- CHARLES M TITUSCaptain · January 28, 1967
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
From Tarrytown
- RONALD JOHN MANCACorporal · February 25, 1972
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.