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THELBERT K THOMPSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1944 – April 19, 1966
Service recordThelbert K Thompson JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 123
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 123
- DARRELL ZANE MAGRUDERPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- BENNETT HOWELL OWENS JRSergeant · April 19, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH ROBBINSCaptain · April 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HENRY LOUIS DEWSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 122
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.