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JOHN PATRICK THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1944 – June 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Patrick Thompson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 16
- JONATHAN LYNN STOOPSPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- MIKAL JAMES SULLIVANLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- HARRY THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- FRANCIS VINCENT TODARELLOCorporal · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN ACKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 24
- DENNIS ARCHIBALDSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 24
- LEE RANDALL BUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 26
- ELIGIO RICE GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 2
- FRANKLIN WERNER HOOPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 5
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 7
- ANDREW PERRY JRCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 13
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 15
- JAMES KENNETH WHEELERSpecialist Six · Panel 59W, Line 17
- JAMES SCHENLER WOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 18
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.