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RICHARD VICKERS THOMPSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1947 – January 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Vickers Thompson, of Auburn, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 89
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 89
- STEVE ALBERT SRSENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- LAWRENCE SMITH VOGELPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN WOOLHEATERPetty Officer Third Class · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CLOYCE BEALLSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 90
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BEAUCHAMPPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 90
- JAMES SANDFORD BURNETT JRSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 91
- ROBERT JOSEPH GNIADEKCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 92
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 2
- MARK NELS JACOBSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 2
- ROMAN GALE MASONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 3
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 3
- WILLIAM DANIEL NUHFERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 3
- JEWEL EDWARD MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 4
- STEVEN JEROME ROUMPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 4
- DIOSDADO SANTOS-IZAGASSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 4
From Auburn
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- EDWIN ELLIS BLAGDONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- KENNETH HOWARD LAMBORNSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.