The Wall › Panel 21E › Louisiana › Robert Eugene Thompson
ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1933 – June 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Eugene Thompson, of Leesville, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 102
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1933
- Home of record
- Leesville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 102
- JOSE ALBINO MONTOYASergeant · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT ROGERS ROUSHSecond Lieutenant · June 14, 1967
- HARLAN RAY SLUSSERPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GLENDON ROMAN BARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 100
- RICHARD GORDON BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 100
- RICHARD ALLEN CABLESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 101
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 101
- ROBERT ROGERS ROUSHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 102
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 102
From Leesville
- DUNCAN ALBERT WARWICKCorporal · July 21, 1969
- DURL GENE CALHOUNSergeant · July 20, 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.