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GERALD RONALD THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1940 – March 5, 1967
Service recordGerald Ronald Thompson, of Penns Grove, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Penns Grove, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 25
- RICHARD HISAO TOMALance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- JOE ALAN WHITBYSergeant · March 5, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 20
- KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 21
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 22
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16E, Line 23
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 23
- CLIFFORD EDWARD SPARKSSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 24
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 25
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 26
From Penns Grove
- CHARLES ROBERT WETZELPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROY MORGAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT CHEEKSCorporal · April 28, 1967
- ALTON THOMAS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- LARRY HANSEN BOWENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- MICHAEL JENNINGSLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- THOMAS SAMUEL ROGERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 14, 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.