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FRANK ALBERT THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1942 – April 15, 1967
Service recordFrank Albert Thompson, of Yukon, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 15, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Yukon, Oklahoma (Canadian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 32
- ROBERT AGUILARSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT UTTERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- FRANCISCO MACEDO VALENCIACorporal · April 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALDEN VINALSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
From Yukon
- EDWIN GENE GALINDOCorporal · May 4, 1968
- STEVEN EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- JAMES FREEMAN ELKINChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 30, 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.