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RANDALL ALAN THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 7, 1948 – September 16, 1968
Service recordRandall Alan Thompson, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 7
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 7
- GEORGE FRANCIS MCDAVITTCorporal · September 16, 1968
- JAMES RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MOORECorporal · September 16, 1968
- CLYDE EDWARD MORGANSergeant · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JODY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 3
- JAMES RAYMOND ENGLERTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 4
- DOUGLAS GAINES JRSergeant First Class · Panel 43W, Line 5
- JOHN MICHAEL LYONSCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 6
- JOSE MANUEL QUESNEYCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 8
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 10
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.