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JOHN WALTER THOMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1936 – January 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Walter Thompson, of Brinklow, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Brinklow, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 33
- PAUL RAYMOND STRIEPEPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- DONALD FRANKLIN WEBBSergeant · January 3, 1968
- MELFORD WAYNE WESTCorporal · January 3, 1968
- MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRACorporal · January 3, 1968
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.