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JAMES ESCOL THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1941 – December 18, 1965
Service recordJames Escol Thompson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 26
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOSEPH MICHAEL THIMMCorporal · December 18, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LYNN BROOKSSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 22
- JACK ELLIOTT CLEMMONSSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 22
- JAMES EDWARD FLAGGPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 22
- EDMUND MACEO MASTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 23
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 25
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4E, Line 25
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 27
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.