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BILLY ALBERT THOMPSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1932 – April 24, 1966
Service recordBilly Albert Thompson, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 133
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1932
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 133
- KENNETH EUGENE TURNERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- FREDERICK CHARLES CAINCorporal · April 25, 1966
- DALE DARREL DEFORDMajor · April 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 130
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 131
- JOHN ALBERT FONTAINEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- ALLEN BRACKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 132
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 1967
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.