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DOUGLAS GERALD THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1949 – April 9, 1968
Service recordDouglas Gerald Thompson, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 6
- PEDRO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN VANDERMUELENCorporal · April 9, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK WAGNERPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK CHARLES COUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 57
- RICKY GENE INLOWSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 2
- ROLAND EDROY MOORESergeant · Panel 49E, Line 4
- JOSEPH RONALD PAULETTESergeant · Panel 49E, Line 5
- DAVID FREDERICK WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 6
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.