VIETNAM - THOMPSON, PETER GARLAND

Thompson, Peter Garland

VIETNAM - THOMPSON, PETER GARLAND
THOMPSON, PETER GARLAND

Rank: Specialist 4

Unit: 919th Engineer Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 12B – Combat Engineer

Awards: 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: 19-Jan-1948

Hometown: Orange, Texas

Marital status: Never Married

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Start of tour: 4-May-1968

Incident date: 19-Oct-1968

Date of casualty: 19-Oct-1968

Age at death: 20

Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Peter Garland Thompson died from wound received while on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight. / (Individual transported to 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh.)

(Individual transported to 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, where he expired.)

Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam

Place of interment: Magnolia Memorial Garden, Orange, Texas, USA

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