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ROBERT NOEL THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1950 – March 20, 1970
Service recordRobert Noel Thompson, of Mt Vernon, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Oregon (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 27
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGUIREPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
- GARY ROSS STACEYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- TINSLEY JACK WELLS JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES WIDMERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE ADAMS BLAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 24
- JAMES LEONARD DAVISSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 25
- HAROLD RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 25
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 25
- JAMES PETER KURTHSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 25
- RONALD FRED LEONARDSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 26
- RUDOLPH DANIEL LOVATOSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 26
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 26
- WILLIE TERRY WALKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 26
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 27
- GARY ROSS STACEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 27
- TINSLEY JACK WELLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 27
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.