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CARROLL U THOMPSON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 16, 1941 – November 11, 1966
Service recordCarroll U Thompson, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (39301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 57
- DEE WAYNE STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- VERNON BERNARD TODDPrivate First Class · November 11, 1966
- CHARLES ELMER WHITEFIELDSergeant · November 11, 1966
- DANIEL ACOSTAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL J HESS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 54
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
- MARCUS SHARPE TURNER JRCaptain · February 14, 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.