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RAYMOND CLARK THOMPSON SR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – June 6, 1969
Service recordRaymond Clark Thompson SR, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Added to the Wall
- 2013
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 36
- DENNIS RICHARD LEVISSergeant · July 20, 1970
- DAVID JACK MAGNUSONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
- LARRY JOE PLETTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1970
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
- MARK JAMES WEBBWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1970
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 1968
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2013, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.