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WILLIE JUNIOR THIGPEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1949 – September 8, 1970
Service recordWillie Junior Thigpen, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 48
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 48
- FRANK NEAL VAVRINCaptain · September 8, 1970
- JOSEPH MARTIN LEROY BROWNSpecialist Five · September 9, 1970
- PATRICK JAMES CONNORPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- ROBERT RALPH SIZEMORE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HARVEY BRADYCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 46
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 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.