Rank: Private First Class
Unit: 919th Engineer Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 12B – Combat Engineer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 25-Feb-1949
Hometown: Trenton, New Jersey
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 20-Jan-1969
Start of tour: 23-Jun-1969
Incident date: 3-Dec-1969
Date of casualty: 3-Dec-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Calvin Eugene Thompson Jr was killed while a passenger on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on sweep mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XU 856 157
Place of interment: Saint Hedwigs Cemetery, Ewing, New Jersey, USA
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