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PETER GARLAND THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – October 19, 1968
Service recordPeter Garland Thompson, of Orange, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 5
- STEPHEN JOHN SALUGA IIISpecialist Five · October 19, 1968
- CHARLES FRANKLIN STRAFELLOPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- HENRY LEROY TEJADAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- RAYMOND CLARENCE WALDROPPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WALTER DUSARTSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 2
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
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.