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PHILIP BRUCE THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordPhilip Bruce Thompson, of Monticello, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Monticello, Kentucky (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 5
- GERALD RICHARD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · March 21, 1969
- JOHN JUAN VALEROSergeant · March 21, 1969
- KELLY PATRICK VAUGHNCorporal · March 21, 1969
From Monticello
- BILLY REX FOSTERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- BOYCE RAY DICKCorporal · May 9, 1968
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.