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TERRY NEIL THOMPSON
Fireman · U.S. Navy
June 14, 1947 – April 29, 1969
Service recordTerry Neil Thompson, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 29, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 80
- ARTHUR RONALD STRAHINStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1969
- JERRY ELMER THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL TIDWELLFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1969
- JAMES WALTER TUTTLESpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
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.