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STEPHEN MICHAEL THOMPSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1950 – May 13, 1969
Service recordStephen Michael Thompson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 105
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- July 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 105
- JESSE ARMANDO MALLOBOXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY MARGROSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- RONALD WAYNE MARRSSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- BRENT THOMAS MASCHERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.