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GREGORY CARL THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1950 – July 26, 1970
Service recordGregory Carl Thompson, of Marysville, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Marysville, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 57
- ALTON LESKER STEGALLCorporal · July 26, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · July 26, 1970
- CLEMENT JOSEPH TROIANELLOSergeant First Class · July 26, 1970
- SAMUEL WILLIE WILLIAMSCorporal · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN BERNARD MILLSPrivate · Panel 8W, Line 55
- WILLIAM AVALON PARKERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 55
From Marysville
- DENNIS DALE BRADLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1966
- GARY CLIFTON PADDOCKPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
- RONALD MORRIS HAYESPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE PRICEPrivate · June 4, 1967
- JACK MICHAEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
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.