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ROBERT CHARLES THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordRobert Charles Thompson, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 30
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- STEPHEN LEO YONTZSergeant · May 12, 1970
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 1970
- RONALD MICHAEL ANTWINESpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP MARK BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 22
- TROY LEE FLINTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 24
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 24
- KEITH KOY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 24
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 26
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 29
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.