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TERRY LEE THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – January 6, 1969
Service recordTerry Lee Thompson, of Beaverton, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · 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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Beaverton, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 44
- JAMES FRANCIS MALLOYFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1969
- DALLAS LANDON PADGETTPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- MARVIN CLIFFORD PEDERSONSergeant · January 6, 1969
- CHARLES FRANKLIN THOMASPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE JEFFERSON BRACKENSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 41
- ROBERT REINHARD CHACONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 41
- ARTURO PEREZ GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 42
- JAMES JOHN GROMPONESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 42
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 43
- DAVID LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 43
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 43
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 43
- JAMES FRANCIS MALLOYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 44
- MARVIN CLIFFORD PEDERSONSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 44
- CHARLES FRANKLIN THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 44
- RALPH LEE VOGELISergeant First Class · Panel 35W, Line 45
- CARL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 45
From Beaverton
- GERD FRANZ SEELIGSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JANIGIANCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- JAMES ELMER MCWHORTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.