GREEN BERETS Thompson, David John Paul

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thompson ​

• FORENAME

David John Paul​

• UNIT

3 S.F. Group (Det A-3334,Company C,3 Bn) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

• DATE OF DEATH

29th January 2010 ​

• AGE

39 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 60 Site 8975​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hooker,Oklahoma​

born 25.5.1970 Oklahoma​

son of Charles David (1946-2019) and Freida Jo Thompson (1947-2015), Hinton, Oklahoma​

husband of Emily Thompson,Pinehurst,New Hampshire (2 daughters Isabelle and Abigail)​

entered service 1989​

75th Ranger Regiment (Regimental Signal Det)​

75th Ranger Regiment (Regimental Reconnaissance Det)​

1 Bn 501st Infantry Regiment (Airborne) 1995-98 (Sgt)​

Command Operations Center,US Army Alaska​

514th Military Police Company,North Carolina Army National Guard) 1999-2002​

attended East Carolina University January 1999-May 2002 (graduated B.A.)​

commissioned as chemical officer​

Division Chemical Logistics Officer,10th Mountain Division​

1 Bn 87th Infantry Regiment March 2003-November 2005 (Captain)​

3 SF Group (Exec.Officer,Company C,3 Bn) August-December 2008​

3 SF Group (Det A-3334,Company C,3 Bn) January 2009​

award Bronze Star with V,Army Commendation Medal (x4)​

killed Camp Nunez,Wardak Province,Afghanistan​

shot by Afghan interpreter ​

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