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RICHARD MARTIN THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 25, 1949 – December 6, 1969
Service recordRichard Martin Thompson, of Fallbrook, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Fallbrook, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 34
- DANIEL ROGER ZUTTERCorporal · December 6, 1969
- PEPITO RIVERA ACERETSpecialist Five · December 7, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELLPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- ROY JOHN BUTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GLENNON SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 33
From Fallbrook
- WAYNE LEROY SAPPGunnery Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS GAYNORSergeant Major · February 15, 1968
- RICARDO VILLARREALPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ALFRED FRAZIER MCCANTSGunnery Sergeant · November 29, 1968
- ALBERT JACKSON DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- DENNIS WALTER KIPPPrivate First Class · October 20, 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.