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CHARLIE EARL THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1946 – March 18, 1967
Service recordCharlie Earl Thompson, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 107
- HARRY WALTER BRANHAMSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- MAXIM CHARLES PARKERSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERSSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SMITHSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WILLIAM JURGENSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 105
- ROBERT EDWARD PAIGECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 106
- CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 107
- ROBERT LOUIS WESTFALL JRCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 108
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITMANCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 108
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.