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GREGORY MALCOLM THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1948 – May 17, 1967
Service recordGregory Malcolm Thompson, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 19
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
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 19
- TERENCE EDWARD SIMONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- WENDELL LEE SLAVENSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROGER DARRIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.