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HARRY STEWART THOMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1929 – December 5, 1965
Service recordHarry Stewart Thompson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 134
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 134
- JOHN LORNIE THIBEAULTStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- DAVID JESSEE TUNGATEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS VERNON ANDREPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- DAVID LEE BRODEURPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- FREDERICK FRANK CADILLESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 125
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- GEORGE JOE BU EISENBERGERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 126
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 126
- JAMES GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 127
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 127
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 127
- JORGE M JARAMILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 127
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- LEONARD ALEXANDER JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 128
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · Panel 3E, Line 128
- RAYMOND EARL KELLEMSSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 129
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 129
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 129
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 129
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 130
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 130
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.