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WILLIE LEE THIGPEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1929 – June 17, 1967
Service recordWillie Lee Thigpen, of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 12, 1929
- Home of record
- Crystal Springs, Mississippi (Copiah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 3
- MAURICE ALBERT SHAFF JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- VICTORIANO PEREZ SOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD STARKSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JOHN HENRY STOUTSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
From Crystal Springs
- TOMMY TRAXLER JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- GERMAN LEE NICHOLSONSpecialist Five · March 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD SMITHLance Corporal · March 21, 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.