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ROBERT BRUCE THOMPSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1945 – April 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Bruce Thompson, of Grants Pass, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Grants Pass, Oregon (Josephine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 12
- WARREN CECIL PARSONS JRCorporal · April 20, 1968
- RUSSELL GEORGE PETERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD QUILLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERSSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
From Grants Pass
- GROVER KONARD OLSONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROBERT LEE VESTSergeant · November 5, 1966
- JOHN FREDERICK FLEMINGSpecialist Four · April 29, 1967
- STEPHEN LOUIS HOCKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- CECIL LEE JONESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- GREGORY JOE STAPLESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- FERROL SHANE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN JRSergeant · May 22, 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.