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ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – May 4, 1966
Service recordRobert Eugene Thompson, of Edwardsville, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Edwardsville, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 27
- JERRY RAY MURPHYSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- MICHAEL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- JOSEPH J SWAYZEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · Panel 7E, Line 22
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 23
- ROGER CHARLES COLLETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 23
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 23
- J D HARRELLMaster Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 25
- GENE HAWTHORNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 25
- MALAKIA JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 26
- MICHAEL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 27
- JOSEPH J SWAYZEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 27
- ROBERT ALLEN FENTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 28
- EARNEST ALFRED TUCKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 28
- HARDEN BERT WALKERFirst Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 28
From Edwardsville
- MICHAEL ALLEN WYRICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- ROMAN GALE MASONSergeant · January 27, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMELZLESpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
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.