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JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1943 – September 26, 1968
Service recordJohnny Wayne Thompson, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; seven of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 24
- MICHAEL JAMES TOBEYSergeant · September 26, 1968
- STEPHEN LANCE TOWNSENDSergeant · September 26, 1968
- FREDERICK EUGENE TRANI JRLieutenant · September 26, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- GEORGE MARION COX IISpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 16
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 19
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- DAWSON JESSE ATWOODCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 22
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 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.