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ONNIE THOMPSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordOnnie Thompson JR, of Twin City, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Twin City, Georgia (Emanuel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 38E, Line 40
- TOMMY LANE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- KLAUS JOSEF STRAUSSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- MICHAEL XAVIER SULLIVANCorporal · February 8, 1968
- FREDDIE LEE THOMASSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 22
- LARRY JAMES MCCUBBINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 34
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 39
- KLAUS JOSEF STRAUSSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 40
From Twin City
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- BENTON BROWNSergeant · October 24, 1969
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.