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ROBERT ACQUINN THOMPSON
Captain · U.S. Army
July 11, 1939 – August 9, 1967
Service recordRobert Acquinn Thompson, of Lincolnton, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 97
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, Georgia (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 97
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
From Lincolnton
- LEONARD STANLEY SCOTT JRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
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.