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WILLIAM MATT THOMPSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1919 – April 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Matt Thompson, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 36
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 87 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1919
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 87 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 36
- LAWRENCE ALFRED SWANGUARIMPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- DANIEL RAY TWITTYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- CLIFTON WALKERSergeant First Class · April 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE WALLStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY DUANE FORTNERSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 26
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.