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JERRALD RICH THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1941 – June 16, 1966
Service recordJerrald Rich Thompson, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 54
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- RUSSELL JAY SISLEYSenior Master Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- NORMAN SPENCERPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.