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KENNETH DAVID THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – April 11, 1968
Service recordKenneth David Thompson, of Marion, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Marion, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 26
- JOHN ALBERT OSCELUSSergeant · April 11, 1968
- CLAUDE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- JACK ALAN SANDERS JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 49E, Line 25
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 28
From Marion
- BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROMCaptain · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN HENRY SCHULZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE SPICERCorporal · March 1, 1968
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE HICKMANChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1968
- JAMES CAUDILLLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- ERVIN BRADLEY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · August 21, 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.