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RICHARD LEE THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1944 – November 16, 1966
Service recordRichard Lee Thompson, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 82
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 82
- JOE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- EDWARD CECIL CAYEY JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- NORMAN EUGENE GUILLAUME JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.