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DALE EUGENE THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – October 21, 1969
Service recordDale Eugene Thompson, of Eaton, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 104
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Eaton, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 104
- NEVIN OAKLEY FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- JAMES DOUGLAS TRAYLORCorporal · October 21, 1969
- CRAIG HOWARD WEBERSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM BUEL BISHOP IISergeant · October 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS TRAYLORCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 104
From Eaton
- ROBERT LEROY COLESpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN LOFFERCorporal · June 25, 1969
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.