The Wall › Panel 10W › Massachusetts › Jerry Lenwood Thompson
JERRY LENWOOD THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – May 31, 1970
Service recordJerry Lenwood Thompson, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 128
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 128
- JAMES HOWARD UNRUHSergeant · May 31, 1970
- KURTESS HOWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- BEN WILLIAMSMaster Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
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.