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CALVIN EUGENE THOMPSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – December 3, 1969
Service recordCalvin Eugene Thompson JR, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 23
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 23
- WAYNE MARSHALL ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ROMEROSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- LESLIE ROLAND TRENTStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1969
- MARTIN STEPHEN DOHERTYPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 1969
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
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.