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WILLIAM DEWEY THOMPSON JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 20, 1932 – December 15, 1967
Service recordWilliam Dewey Thompson JR, of Healdsburg, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 15, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 6
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 5 3 NC BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1932
- Home of record
- Healdsburg, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 6
- SHERMAN AMOS SORRELLStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1967
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STEWARTLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
From Healdsburg
- WILLIAM EUGENE MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1965
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN RUONAVAARAAirman First Class · March 29, 1967
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS MILES PHILLIPSCorporal · September 13, 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.