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MICHAEL LAROY THOMPKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1950 – March 31, 1971
Service recordMichael Laroy Thompkins, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 98
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 98
- CHARLES WESLEY STERLINGStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1971
- PHILIP BRADFORD TERRILLSpecialist Five · March 31, 1971
- HARRIS LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 31, 1971
- JOHN WILLIAM ANDERSCorporal · April 1, 1971
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.