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PERRY EDDISON THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – July 24, 1968
Service recordPerry Eddison Thompson, of New Iberia, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- New Iberia, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 3
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · July 24, 1968
- RANDOLPH MICHAEL TARJANYCaptain · July 24, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE LEWIS BIGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 47
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 48
- JIMMY LEE HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 49
- MARVIN PETER HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 1
- HOWARD LEE KLENSKECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 1
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 2
- LARRY MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 2
- JOHN VICTOR SARTORPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 3
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
- JOHN RAY WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 4
From New Iberia
- KENNETH LEE FREITAGHospitalman · May 2, 1966
- ROGER CHARLES COLLETTEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- THOMAS CHARLES ELDRIDGEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1968
- GLENN BURLEIGH RAOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM GRACEMajor · June 14, 1969
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- DANNIE FITCHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
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.