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OTHA THEANDER THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1942 – August 24, 1965
Service recordOtha Theander Thompson, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 42
- CHARLES RICHARD KIERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- PAUL CLIVE O TAYLORPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK EGANLieutenant Commander · April 29, 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.