Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
Headstone of Larry Alan Thorne
Headstone of Larry Alan Thorne
U.S. Army · United States United States
Prior Service: Finnish Army - Kapteeni - 1938–1944 · Waffen-SS - Hauptsturmführer - 1941–1945

Larry Alan Thorne

Major
1919 – 1965
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star MedalPurple HeartAir MedalArmy Commendation Medal
Army Good Conduct MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 02E
Life Keepsakes Service Mannerheim Cross of the Cross of Liberty Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Hauptsturmführer Larry Alan Thorne served in the Waffen-SS. Larry also served in the Finnish Army and the U.S. Army. Larry served in the Winter War, the Continuation War and the Vietnam War. Larry was 46 years old.

How They Died
Manner Undetermined
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance Missing in action
Place Quang Tin
Keepsakes
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Service Record
Finnish Army
Jäger Battalion 4 (Finland)
1938 – 1944
Second Lieutenant 9 May 1940, Lieutenant 5 March 1942, Captain (reserve) 27 August 1944; led Detachment Törni behind Soviet lines. Struck from the officers list on 6 October 1950.
Finnish Army
Detachment Törni
1938 – 1944
Second Lieutenant 9 May 1940, Lieutenant 5 March 1942, Captain (reserve) 27 August 1944; led Detachment Törni behind Soviet lines. Struck from the officers list on 6 October 1950.
Waffen-SS
1941 – 1945
Untersturmführer 18 May 1941; Hauptsturmführer 15 April 1945, with Sonderkommando Nord. Convicted of treason in Finland in January 1947 (six years); pardoned by President Paasikivi in December 1948.
U.S. Army
SD-5891, HQ, MACV ADVISORS, MACV
31542: Infantry Unit Commander (Special Forces Qual)
MAJ
QUANG TIN
1966
Pay grade O04.
Conflicts
Winter War Continuation War Vietnam War
Mannerheim Cross of the Cross of Liberty
Mannerheim Cross of the Cross of Liberty
9 July 1944
No. 144
Awards & Decorations 14

U.S. Army

For valor

Distinguished Flying Cross

For service and achievement

Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal
Army Commendation Medal

Unit awards

Army Good Conduct Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Finnish Army

Foreign awards

Mannerheim Cross of the Cross of Liberty July 9, 1944 No. 144
Order of the Cross of Liberty May 23, 1942
Order of the Cross of Liberty October 9, 1941
Medal of Liberty
Medal of Liberty
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 02E · Line 126 cut as LARRY A THORNE
Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery
Section 60
Grave 8136
In Our Keeping
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Larry Alan Thorne
Major
U.S. Army
1938 - 1966
U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, VIETNAM
Major
Mannerheim Cross of the Cross of Liberty
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Air Medal Army Commendation Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, VIETNAM - Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

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