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DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 1, 1946 – February 21, 1967
Service recordDennis Michael Thompson, of Aberdeen, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 70
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · February 21, 1967
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 68
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 68
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 69
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 69
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 70
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH RUDINECSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JAMES THOMAS SEYMOURSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 71
- JOHNNIE SPENCER JRPrivate · Panel 15E, Line 71
- TROY FRANKLIN TOMBLINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
- WAYNE THOMAS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 72
From Aberdeen
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK NYMANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 24, 1966
- JOHNNY A CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD HARDENSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- ROGER BLAKE TJERNBERGCorporal · February 3, 1967
- LESLIE HAROLD FUNK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 1967
- ARCHIE BURNETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
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.