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DON CARTHAL THOMPSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1948 – October 16, 1967
Service recordDon Carthal Thompson JR, of Beeville, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 16, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Beeville, Texas (Bee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 17
- GEORGE STANLEY SALEMASergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LARRY PAUL STOTLERCaptain · October 16, 1967
- WAYLAND KENT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH TORILance Corporal · October 16, 1967
From Beeville
- THOMAS HENRY SWINNEASergeant · January 30, 1968
- TOMAS GONZALESLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- JOHN HOUSTON BAKERCorporal · June 28, 1968
- AUBREY GRADY MARTINLieutenant · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HOSEAPrivate First Class · October 31, 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.