Timeline
Birth- Jan 15, 1937
Military Service
Finding of Death
Feb 23, 1968
Rank
Aviation Machinist Mate Second Class
Incident Date
Jan 11, 1968
Service Number
5491030
Branch
United States Navy
Enlistment
1956
Served For
United States of America
Place of Residence
Detroit, MI
Vietnam War Service: Finding of Death
Feb 23, 1968
Vietnam War Service: Casualty Date
Jan 11, 1968
Vietnam War Service: Final Mission
Sensor Seeding Mission
Vietnam War Service: NEC/Crew Position
Aviation Mechanic (Jet)/Flight Engineer
Vietnam War Service: Aircraft
Lockheed OP-2E Neptune "Crew 2"
Vietnam War Service: Base
Nakhon Phantom Airfield, Nakhon, Thialand
Vietnam War Service: Unit
Observation Squadron 67
Vietnam War Service: Decorations
Air Medal & Purple Heart
Occupation
Navy Aviation Mechanic
Race or Ethnicity
White
Death- Jan 11, 1968
Hostile, Died while Missing; Air Loss - Land Crash
Khammouane Province, Laos
Jan 1968
Burial- Jun 18, 2003
Arlington National Cemetery, VA
Other Facts
Social Security
Social Security Number
***-**-4883
Full Name
Donald Nellis Thoresen
Full Name
Donald Thoresen
