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FRANCIS JAMES THOMPSON
Captain · U.S. Army
August 10, 1937 – January 24, 1967
Service recordFrancis James Thompson, of West Point, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 75
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1937
- Home of record
- West Point, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 75
- OWEN DAVID GOODSELLSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- JAMES PRICE SPENCERCorporal · January 24, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK L WALKERSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CLARK GREGORYSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 73
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 74
From West Point
- FREDERICK HOWARD HENDERSONCaptain · November 3, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE SIPOSCaptain · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ANTHONY SCULLYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- GLEN SIMMANG IVEYCaptain · May 6, 1972
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.