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ROBERT DEWEY THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1944 – May 23, 1967
Service recordRobert Dewey Thompson, of Wymer, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Wymer, West Virginia (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 92
- EUREKA LAVERN SCHMITTOUPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- DONALD ALVAH SKINNERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- RONALD PHILIP SOUCYPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE MACK GILMERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 90
- DONALD ALVAH SKINNERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 92
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 92
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 93
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.