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JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – September 2, 1967
Service recordJoseph Wayne Thompson, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 90
- NICHOLAS OWEN WAGMANCorporal · September 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM WRIGHTLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- JACK WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- BOB JACK GOODWINCorporal · September 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 82
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 84
- JAMES EMORY MANESSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 86
- CRAIG ERIC MCCORKLESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 88
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 89
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.