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JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
March 5, 1933 – December 8, 1968
Service recordJimmie Malcolm Thompson, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 8, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 70
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 5, 1933
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 70
- PETER STEPHEN STRATEGOSLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- KARL GORMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1968
- PHILIP ALLEN TERRYSergeant · December 8, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT TURNERSecond Lieutenant · December 8, 1968
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.