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WILLIE RAY THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – June 26, 1968
Service recordWillie Ray Thompson, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 4
- GERALD NEAL REMPERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES STEELECorporal · June 26, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS WOODSMajor · June 26, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.