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JAMES THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1947 – September 3, 1967
Service recordJames Thompson, of Roderfield, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 FORCE 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Roderfield, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 FORCE 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 94
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- GAIL FRANCIS WILSONLieutenant Colonel · September 3, 1967
- ALFRED FREDERICK ALVARADOSergeant · September 4, 1967
- THEODORE E ANDREYKA JRLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
From Roderfield
- EDWARD DUTYSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.