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CHARLES LEE THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1950 – April 12, 1971
Service recordCharles Lee Thompson, of Nesmith, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 121
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Nesmith, South Carolina (Williamsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 121
- ROBERTO PEREASpecialist Four · April 12, 1971
- JOHN VESTER WENTWORTHStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1971
- BENJAMIN JOHN BENAVIDEZSergeant First Class · April 13, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSCorporal · April 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS GEORGE DONOVANPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- ALFONZO LOUIS ESPINOZA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
From Nesmith
- HARRY JAMES DORSEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 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.