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RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1945 – March 26, 1969
Service recordRonald Winston Thompkins, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 54
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 54
- ALFRED HENRY SUHRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 26, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL TURNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- CHARLES CRAIG VICKREYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- MAURICE JOEL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL KENNETH HINKELPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 47
- JAMES LEE LOCKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 49
- RAND RUSSELL MERKERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 50
- DAVID STONESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
- DONNIS GLEN WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 55
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 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.