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JOHN BRYAN THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1947 – April 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Bryan Thompson, of Eden, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Eden, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 13
- SAMUEL REYNACorporal · April 20, 1968
- ANTHONY ROOSEVELT SMITHPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JERALD DAVID SWANPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- LEO EDWARD SWAN JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL GEORGE PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 12
From Eden
- DAVID HAROLD FINGERCorporal · August 6, 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.