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CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1948 – April 11, 1968
Service recordCharles Clair Thompson, of Bellflower, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 26
- JOHN ALBERT OSCELUSSergeant · April 11, 1968
- CLAUDE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- JACK ALAN SANDERS JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 1968
- VINCENT VENUTI JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
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.