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JOHN L THOMPSON JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 13, 1951 – May 29, 1970
Service recordJohn L Thompson JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Records Clerk (76M)
- Born
- December 13, 1951
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 119
- ANDREW DAVID SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1970
- GARY LYNN SPIEKERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- FREDDY LAMAR BRATTONSergeant · May 30, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.