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ERNEST GALE TOMPKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1938 – February 14, 1966
Service recordErnest Gale Tompkins, of Eastlake, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Eastlake, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 36
- JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- DAYTON LUTHER RUDISILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- WILLIAM MILTON WOOD JRSergeant First Class · February 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 32
- WILLIAM RITCHIE MCKIMPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 35
From Eastlake
- DENNIS FLOYD AMATOSergeant · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD PAUL HOUSTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID FRANCOIS FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BEAUCHAMPPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WAYNE STERLING RUSHTONConstructionman · December 31, 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.