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THERMALL THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – September 21, 1968
Service recordThermall Thompson, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 58
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Orangeburg, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 58
- MARVIN VINCENT BELLSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- RONALD ROBERT STROSCHEINCorporal · September 21, 1968
- DONALD LEE TEMPLETONCaptain · September 21, 1968
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHANPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS JAMES CAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 52
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 54
- JOHN ALBERT MCGEHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 56
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 58
From Orangeburg
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SANFORDPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · December 23, 1967
- RICHARD WORRELL KAPP JRSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · March 24, 1968
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.