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JENNINGS MILROY THOMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1931 – May 14, 1967
Service recordJennings Milroy Thompson, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 123
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Wooster, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 123
- DALE ALLAN PULLIAMLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- GREGORY JEROME VANDEWALLELance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBIN VRABELPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
From Wooster
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- RUSSELL RAY FLESHERSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM KRAFTPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- WALTER LEWIS MOSES JRSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- MILLARD RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · September 13, 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.