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FRANCIS LLOYD THOMPSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – June 6, 1969
Service recordFrancis Lloyd Thompson, of Chelsea, Vermont, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrician (68F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Vermont (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 93
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- PHILLIP FINNAN THERIOTCorporal · June 6, 1969
- JAMES LOUIS TODTENBIERSergeant · June 6, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL VALADEZCorporal · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL F GRISAFE JRCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 86
- RALPH HONAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 87
- NOEL FITZROY JOSEPHSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- VICTOR BLAKE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 92
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.