John William Thiel

Background

Thiel, John William was born on April 14, 1940 in St. Paul.

Education

Student, United States Navy Schools Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1959, 63; student, United States Navy Guided Missile School, Dam Neck, Virginia, 1962-1963.

Career

Enlisted, United States Navy, 1959; advanced through ranks to chief warrant officer 4, United States Navy retired, United States Navy, 1979; fire control technician, United States Ship Dyess, Charleston, South Carolina., 1959-1963; missile radar technician, United States Ship King, San Diego, 1963; missile radar technician, United States Ship Ramakrishna Turner, San Diego, 1963-1966; missile radar instructor, United States Navy Guided Missile School, Mare Island, California, 1966-1967; fire control officer, United States Ship MacDonough, Charleston, 1967-1970; fire control officer, Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility, New Mexico, 1970-1973; fire control officer, United States Ship Norton Sound, Port Hueneme, California, 1973-1977; ordnance officer, United States Navy Naval Weapons Station, Fallbrook, California, 1977-1979; missile flight tester, General Dynamics, Pomona, California, since 1979.

Achievements

• John William Thiel has been listed as a noteworthy Missile flight test engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Son of William Herman Frederick and Helen Lillian (Heifort) T. M Teresa A. Roy, September 8, 1990.

Father:

William Herman Frederick Thiel

Mother:

Helen Lillian (Heifort) Thiel