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RUDY MICHEL THOMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1948 – April 17, 1968
Service recordRudy Michel Thompson, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 34
- JAMES THOMAS SUTTONLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH VENNARDCorporal · April 17, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES VICKS JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE ALLEN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 26
- GEORGE STEVEN ELBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 27
- JAMES ALLAN GEROUPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 28
- THEODORE HUBBARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 29
- VICTOR GEORGE MIKASecond Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 31
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.