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CARL ALLEN THOMSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1949 – November 14, 1969
Service recordCarl Allen Thomson, of Nashville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Nashville, Michigan (Barry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 12
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- WAYNE MICHAEL COLESecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1970
- WILLARD WINSTON CROYSergeant · January 8, 1970
- WARREN LEE DONAHESpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- XAVIER GOMEZCorporal · January 8, 1970
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.