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MYRON THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordMyron Thompson, of Manchester, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 54 INF 97 MP BN 16 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Manchester, Kentucky (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 33
- RICHARD ARTHUR OVAITTWarrant Officer 1 · August 8, 1968
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · August 8, 1968
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · August 8, 1968
- LESLIE JON TEGTMEIERSergeant · August 8, 1968
From Manchester
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · November 12, 1966
- KENNETH DANIEL HINKLESergeant · June 10, 1968
- CLARENCE SIZEMORESergeant · May 21, 1969
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · March 28, 1970
- KENNETH JOE NOLENPrivate First Class · September 8, 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.