***NOTE: THIS IS NOT A DUPE, THESE MEN HAVE MEMORIALS FOR THEIR SEPARATED AND IDENTIFIED REMAINS IN THEIR HOMETOWNS. THESE ARE FOR THE BURIAL OF THE MIXED REMAINS IN ONE COFFIN***
POW/MIA/KIA MSgt. Larry C. Thornton, gunner served with the 4th Air Commando Squadron, 6250th Combat Support Group, 13th Air Force out of DaNang Airbase, South Vietnam. During the period he was maintained missing, Larry C. Thornton was promoted to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.
He was shot down on 24 December 1965, aboard an AC-47D gunship, call sign "Spooky 21." They were on an armed reconnaissance/strike mission over the panhandle of Laos.
In July 2012, the remains of the entire six man crew on the plane were buried in a mass funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.
The crew:
Lt. Col. Derrell B. Jeffords, pilot
Capt. Dennis L. Eilers, co-pilot
Maj. Joseph Christiano, navigator
TSgt. W. Kevin Colwell, flight engineer
MSgt. Larry C. Thornton, gunner
SSgt. Arden "A. K." Hassenger, gunner
CMS Larry C. Thornton is listed on Panel 04E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Wall Memorial.
POW/MIA/KIA MSgt. Larry C. Thornton, gunner served with the 4th Air Commando Squadron, 6250th Combat Support Group, 13th Air Force out of DaNang Airbase, South Vietnam. During the period he was maintained missing, Larry C. Thornton was promoted to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.
He was shot down on 24 December 1965, aboard an AC-47D gunship, call sign "Spooky 21." They were on an armed reconnaissance/strike mission over the panhandle of Laos.
In July 2012, the remains of the entire six man crew on the plane were buried in a mass funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.
The crew:
Lt. Col. Derrell B. Jeffords, pilot
Capt. Dennis L. Eilers, co-pilot
Maj. Joseph Christiano, navigator
TSgt. W. Kevin Colwell, flight engineer
MSgt. Larry C. Thornton, gunner
SSgt. Arden "A. K." Hassenger, gunner
CMS Larry C. Thornton is listed on Panel 04E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Wall Memorial.
***NOTE: THIS IS NOT A DUPE, THESE MEN HAVE MEMORIALS FOR THEIR SEPARATED AND IDENTIFIED REMAINS IN THEIR HOMETOWNS. THESE ARE FOR THE BURIAL OF THE MIXED REMAINS IN ONE COFFIN***
POW/MIA/KIA MSgt. Larry C. Thornton, gunner served with the 4th Air Commando Squadron, 6250th Combat Support Group, 13th Air Force out of DaNang Airbase, South Vietnam. During the period he was maintained missing, Larry C. Thornton was promoted to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.
He was shot down on 24 December 1965, aboard an AC-47D gunship, call sign "Spooky 21." They were on an armed reconnaissance/strike mission over the panhandle of Laos.
In July 2012, the remains of the entire six man crew on the plane were buried in a mass funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.
The crew:
Lt. Col. Derrell B. Jeffords, pilot
Capt. Dennis L. Eilers, co-pilot
Maj. Joseph Christiano, navigator
TSgt. W. Kevin Colwell, flight engineer
MSgt. Larry C. Thornton, gunner
SSgt. Arden "A. K." Hassenger, gunner
CMS Larry C. Thornton is listed on Panel 04E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Wall Memorial.
POW/MIA/KIA MSgt. Larry C. Thornton, gunner served with the 4th Air Commando Squadron, 6250th Combat Support Group, 13th Air Force out of DaNang Airbase, South Vietnam. During the period he was maintained missing, Larry C. Thornton was promoted to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.
He was shot down on 24 December 1965, aboard an AC-47D gunship, call sign "Spooky 21." They were on an armed reconnaissance/strike mission over the panhandle of Laos.
In July 2012, the remains of the entire six man crew on the plane were buried in a mass funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.
The crew:
Lt. Col. Derrell B. Jeffords, pilot
Capt. Dennis L. Eilers, co-pilot
Maj. Joseph Christiano, navigator
TSgt. W. Kevin Colwell, flight engineer
MSgt. Larry C. Thornton, gunner
SSgt. Arden "A. K." Hassenger, gunner
CMS Larry C. Thornton is listed on Panel 04E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Wall Memorial.
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