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ROBERT R THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – April 5, 1968
Service recordRobert R Thompson, of Hanford, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Hanford, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 21
- JOHN PHILIP SUPPLEWarrant Officer 1 · April 5, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM TIMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 5, 1968
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- ROGER ELGIN WARDSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL MARTINEZ-SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 18
From Hanford
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MANUEL BARRERAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- GAYLORD LEE WESTBAYWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- LOUIE OCHOAPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · May 10, 1968
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · November 27, 1968
- PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTENPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.