THOMPSON, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Name: William Joseph Thompson Branch/Rank: United States Navy/O4 Unit: Date of Birth: 13 December 1930 Home City of Record: KANSAS CITY KS Date of Loss: 16 January 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam/Over Water Loss Coordinates: 0 0 Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered Category: 5 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: C1A Missions: Other Personnel in Incident: 7 rescued Refno:
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action Combat Casualty File.
REMARKS: Air craft overboard, 7 rescued, not Thompson.
CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/12 YRS UNITED STATES NAVY
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Library of Congress files:
ARMED SERVICES GRAVES REGISTRATION OFFICE (ASGRO)/ FINDINGS OF NONRECOVERABILITY OF REMAINS IN THE CASE OF THOMPSON, WILLIAM JOSEPH, LCDR (USN) Name: WILLIAM J. THOMPSON
Subjects: Remains
Reel: 154
Page: 15
Type of Document: Miscellaneous
Date of Report: 74 07 19
Date of Information: 00 00 00
Originator: USA
Category: Casualty files
PERSONNEL CASUALTY REPORT/ PILOT OF CIA AIRCRAFT ON OPERATIONAL FLIGHT Name: WILLIAM J. THOMPSON
Subjects: Aircraft downed; Killed
Comments: OVER WATER
Reel: 154
Page: 3
Type of Document: Miscellaneous
Date of Report: 68 01 24
Date of Information: 68 01 16
Originator: USS KITTY HAWK
Category: Casualty files