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JOHN H THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1942 – February 4, 1966
Service recordJohn H Thompson, of Homer, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 3
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Homer, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 3
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- ARNOLD E ISONSergeant · February 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH ARVID ARVIDSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 136
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 136
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 1
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 1
- JIMMY ALLEN MARCUMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 2
- JAMES R NEUBAUERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- PAUL RAY SETZERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 2
- ARNOLD E ISONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 3
From Homer
- JOE LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer First Class · August 5, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD DELRIEPrivate First Class · June 26, 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.