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GAIL WARD THOMSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1941 – November 7, 1967
Service recordGail Ward Thomsen, of Kirkland, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Kirkland, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 45
- RONALD GILBERT STOLTENOWPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- ESTEBAN WALLACE TADENAStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- JAMES OLIVER THOMASSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 46
From Kirkland
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE HULBERTCorporal · August 21, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 1971
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.