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TROY MILLER THOMPSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1944 – September 26, 1965
Service recordTroy Miller Thompson JR, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- July 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 95
- PASIA PAIALIISpecialist Four · September 26, 1965
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- EDWIN JOSEPH FALLOONCorporal · September 27, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK KELLYSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1965
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 25, 1966
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.