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DAVID THOMPSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1930 – January 27, 1964
Service recordDavid Thompson, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 1E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 30, 1930
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1964. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 42
- BRYFORD GLENN METOYERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1964
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
From Lumberton
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 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.