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ROY EUGENE THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1951 – April 14, 1972
Service recordRoy Eugene Thompson, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 137 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 137
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 137
- DAVID HIRAM STAMPERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MAINARDYSergeant · April 15, 1972
- DALLAS LEE NIHSENSpecialist Five · April 15, 1972
- JON HUBBARD SANDERSTechnical Sergeant · April 15, 1972
Same unit, same day
- MITCHEL ANTHONY DOWDYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 136
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.