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DALE EARL THOMPSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1949 – June 7, 1969
Service recordDale Earl Thompson, of Henderson, Nevada, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Henderson, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 107
- RAYMOND THURL TALBURTSergeant · June 7, 1969
- ISAAC THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- STUART HANCKEL TYSONCorporal · June 7, 1969
From Henderson
- JACK EDWARD COSSINSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- WALLACE W HOPKINS JRSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- LOWELL EUGENE LUNZMANNSergeant · September 16, 1968
- DENNIS DEAN REESESpecialist Four · October 3, 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.