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JAMES ERVIN TOMPKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1941 – September 25, 1969
Service recordJames Ervin Tompkins, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 8
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 8
- T Z MERRIWEATHERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- LONNIE RONALD PARKERFireman · September 25, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHSergeant · September 25, 1969
- RANDY VAN TURNERFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1969
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.