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WILLIAM JOSEPH THOMPSON
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
November 3, 1940 – January 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Thompson, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 54
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Born
- November 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 54
- JAMES WILLIAM SPIVEYPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- ALVA RAY TERRELLPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- DONALD JOHN TURNERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- ELLIOTT VELEZ-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.