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SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – February 6, 1967
Service recordSamuel Dwight Thompson, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 2
- GORDON WILLIAM STARKSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- EDDIE LEE SULLIVANCorporal · February 6, 1967
- ROGER LEE TANNERSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 126
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 126
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 127
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 128
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 130
From Mt Clemens
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
- JAMES MARVIN WILKINSLance Corporal · July 31, 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.