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CHARLES MICHAEL THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1946 – September 16, 1968
Service recordCharles Michael Thompson, of New Freedom, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 66 MP CO 93 MP BN 18 MP BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- New Freedom, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS GAINES JRSergeant First Class · September 16, 1968
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- DELON HUNTERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
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.