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HERBERT LEON THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – October 19, 1967
Service recordHerbert Leon Thompson, of Winter Garden, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Winter Garden, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 42
- GORDON WALDEMAR WILLPrivate First Class · October 19, 1967
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD CLARK JRSergeant · October 20, 1967
- WAYNE ALBERT COLANTUONOSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
From Winter Garden
- NATHAN EDDLOW PEACOCK JRStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1967
- CECIL ROY MOORMANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- CHARLIE RAINEYSergeant · April 9, 1968
- BUFORD GERALD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · April 24, 1968
- MARION EUGENE REEDMajor · October 23, 1968
- CHARLIE FIELDSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1969
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.