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MELVIN CARL THOMPSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
May 24, 1935 – February 6, 1968
Service recordMelvin Carl Thompson, of Colquitt, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 6, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Unit (as recorded)
- PATRON 26
- Born
- May 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Colquitt, Georgia (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “PATRON 26”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37E, Line 72
- EDWARD SCOTT THURMONDLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- JERRY THOMAS TILLERYPrivate · February 6, 1968
- PAUL DRAKE TINSONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO TRAVIESOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD FREDERICK BURNETTSenior Chief Petty Officer · Panel 37E, Line 51
- ARMANDO CHAPA JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 37E, Line 52
- WILLIAM FARRELL FARRISPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 37E, Line 55
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · Panel 37E, Line 56
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 37E, Line 58
- THOMAS PAUL JONESLieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 59
- HOMER EUGENE MCKAYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 37E, Line 64
- JAMES CLIFFORD NEWMAN JRPetty Officer First Class · Panel 37E, Line 64
- LYNN MICHAEL TRAVISLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 37E, Line 73
From Colquitt
- PHIL TABBCaptain · March 14, 1966
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.