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LYLE JOHN THOMPSON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 10, 1941 – March 6, 1969
Service recordLyle John Thompson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 60
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 2 BN 320 ARTY 101 ABN DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1941
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 60
- TERRY LYNN SAYERSergeant · March 6, 1969
- HAROLD LAVERN SEAMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN STROUSEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- PAUL PETER VAVROSKYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.