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FREDDIE THOMPSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1946 – April 19, 1970
Service recordFreddie Thompson JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 26
- LEE ALLEN STEDMANCorporal · April 19, 1970
- ROBERT CARL TRIGGSergeant First Class · April 19, 1970
- CLARENCE EDWARD UMSTOTSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.