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GEORGE THOMPSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1950 – March 25, 1971
Service recordGeorge Thompson JR, of Harlan, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Harlan, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 79
- DENNIS LAVERN WASZKIEWICZStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
- JACOB BENEDICT BABIN JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
- ROBERT DANIEL COFFEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1971
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY DEAN HALLIDAYPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 77
From Harlan
- CARLOS DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ALFRED EVARTS WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 18, 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.