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WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1943 – March 16, 1966
Service recordWilliam Nathaniel Thompson, of Mebane, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Mebane, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 16
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- PAUL GERARD UNDERWOODColonel · March 16, 1966
- JERRY L ZEVENBERGENPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 13
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 14
- MARION C BROWNSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 14
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 14
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 14
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 15
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 15
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 17
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 17
From Mebane
- HAROLD THOMAS WILSONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- JERRY LOUIS WAGNERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- WALLACE MICHAEL JACKSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1967
- RICKY LEE MEEKSLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
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.