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DANNY STEWART THOMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1942 – March 24, 1968
Service recordDanny Stewart Thompson, of Laurens, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Laurens, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 12
- RUDOLFO LEONARD ROCHA JRSergeant · March 24, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SADLERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- DENNIS CARL SHIVELYLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAL E BARTONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 3
- GERALD GREGORY CHINOSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 3
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 4
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 5
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 5
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 6
- STEPHEN LLOYD HALSTEADPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 6
- CARL RAYMOND RASORIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 11
- JOHN BATTISTE REALE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 11
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 11
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 12
- JEFFERY HAROLD VANVLEETSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE WEILLSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 13
From Laurens
- SANFORD LEWIS NELSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- JAMES CLIFFORD MCKITTRICKMajor · June 18, 1967
- CARY JOSEPH SMITHSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- WILLIE ERSKINE MADDENCorporal · March 3, 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.