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DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1947 – June 25, 1968
Service recordDennis Eugene Thompson, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 39
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 39
- ROBERTO BRAGHINI JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1968
- WAYNE MICHAEL SMITHSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- LEE ROY DAVID SPROUSECorporal · June 25, 1968
- DOMINIC UNGARO JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUDGINS BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 35
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 37
- RICHARD SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 38
- ROBERTO BRAGHINI JRSergeant First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- DOMINIC UNGARO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 1
- MACK WILBERT WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 1
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1970
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.