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STANLEY WENDELL THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – October 20, 1967
Service recordStanley Wendell Thompson, of Madison, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Madison, Minnesota (Lac Qui Parle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 44
- DALE RAYMOND LINDBERGSergeant · October 20, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MORGANSergeant · October 20, 1967
- GERALD SCOTT RYANCorporal · October 20, 1967
- JOHN ALOYSIUS RYAN JRCaptain · October 20, 1967
From Madison
- FRANK MELVIN KAISERSpecialist Five · February 6, 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.