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JERRY ELMER THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1948 – April 29, 1969
Service recordJerry Elmer Thompson, of Artesia, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 80
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Artesia, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 80
- ARTHUR RONALD STRAHINStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1969
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL TIDWELLFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1969
- JAMES WALTER TUTTLESpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
From Artesia
- SAMUEL MEDINA RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- ANTHONY MAC CASSCorporal · May 26, 1967
- DOUGLASS J DENNISSpecialist Five · February 8, 1968
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.