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LEONARD DEAN THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1945 – April 25, 1967
Service recordLeonard Dean Thompson, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 89
- CHARLES DAVID AUSTINMajor · April 24, 1967
- JOHN GERALD CURTINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOHN DAVID STRIPLING IIIPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSHUA ABRAHAM ATKINS IIIPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH EDWARD ROYSTERSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 88
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
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.