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KARL LUDWIG THOMPSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1945 – January 17, 1966
Service recordKarl Ludwig Thompson, of Security, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 78
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Security, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 78
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- JESSE J MILLERPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
From Security
- CHARLES EDWARD SCHAFERPrivate First Class · July 8, 1966
- MICHAEL WADE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
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.