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GROVER WILLIS THOMPSON
Captain · U.S. Army
May 24, 1942 – January 12, 1969
Service recordGrover Willis Thompson, of Marion, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 80
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Marion, Virginia (Smyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 80
- JOSEPH HENRY WACKERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- TAKESHI YABIKUSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN FRANK BALDWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
From Marion
- WILLIAM CHESTER MEEKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- BILLY RAY MORRISTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 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.