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JIMMY LEE THOMPSON
Private · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – May 5, 1970
Service recordJimmy Lee Thompson, of Osterville, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 107
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Osterville, Massachusetts (Barnstable County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 107
- ROSCOE SYBERTSergeant First Class · May 5, 1970
- WARKER RICHARD L VANDEWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1970
- STEVEN EDWARD WASSONCorporal · May 5, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR WHITESergeant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP CURTIS ADAMSPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 99
- HORACE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 99
- CHRIS ANTHONY MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 104
From Osterville
- FREDERICK N CURTISSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
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.