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MICHAEL GUY THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1949 – June 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Guy Thompson, of Swartz Creek, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Swartz Creek, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 30
- CHARLES C PEDRICK IICorporal · June 24, 1968
- JESUS RAMON PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD SHARON POHLColonel · June 24, 1968
- BOBBY RAY PORCHIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
From Swartz Creek
- GARY ROBERT WEATHERHEADChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 13, 1969
- ROGER DALE ROSENBERGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- JAMES LEE LOISELCorporal · May 14, 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.