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NEIL STEWART THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – March 2, 1968
Service recordNeil Stewart Thompson, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 42
- RONALD JOSEPH STILLEYStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1968
- CLIFFORD GEOFFRE STOCKTONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DANNY MIRE STONEKINGPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DANNY GEORGE SWAZICKCorporal · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 28
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 30
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 31
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 32
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 33
- ROBERT JAMES JENKSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 33
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 44
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 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.