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DONALD BRUCE THOMPSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – July 8, 1970
Service recordDonald Bruce Thompson, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 1
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 1
- JOHN LANIER WADSWORTHCaptain · July 8, 1970
- WALTER LEWIS WALKERSergeant First Class · July 8, 1970
- HERBERT DONALD BEMBOOMSergeant · July 9, 1970
- WILLIE BOZIER JRSergeant · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH EDWIN GRAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JOHN WILLIAM MURSCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 131
- WILLIAM LEROY NETTLESpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- JOHN FLANAGAN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 133
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.