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CARL WAYNE THOMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – October 5, 1971
Service recordCarl Wayne Thompson, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 35
- PAUL ROLAND CARSONSergeant · October 6, 1971
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
- ADDISON WILLIAM PAGE JRSpecialist Five · October 7, 1971
- RAFAEL PEREZ-VERDEJASpecialist Four · October 7, 1971
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.