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DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordDaniel Francis Thompson, of Wayne, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 3
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Wayne, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 3
- CLIFTON THOMAS TAYLORCorporal · May 23, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- JOE EBERT ALLENSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 7
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 11
- JAMES ALLEN SMITHCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 2
From Wayne
- RALPH WESLEY VALTLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RICHARD RAYMOND KANEMajor · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · August 12, 1968
- FRANK ERIC SACHARANSKIFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- PETER RICHARD CRESSMANSergeant · February 5, 1973
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.