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EVERETT BARL THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – November 19, 1965
Service recordEverett Barl Thompson, of Maple Valley, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Maple Valley, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 101
- FELIX RODRIQUEZLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- RAY LAGRANDE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- DAVID LEE REEDERSergeant · November 19, 1965
From Maple Valley
- JAMES EDWIN VERNORPrivate First Class · August 7, 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.