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DAVID BENTON THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – December 15, 1969
Service recordDavid Benton Thompson, of Falmouth, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Falmouth, Virginia (Stafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 61
- JOE DAVID WRIGHTCorporal · December 15, 1969
- OSCAR LEE BRITTENUM JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1969
- VICTOR PATRICK BUCKLEYLieutenant · December 16, 1969
- ALLEN ANTHONY BULLARD JRSpecialist Four · December 16, 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.