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THOMAS EUGENE HEMPEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 20, 1947 – July 15, 1969
Service recordThomas Eugene Hempel, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 125
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 125
- ROGER LEE GLEISpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- SAMUEL EDWARD GODBEYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- JOHN CURRIE HANSENFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER LACKNERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY NEIL EUTSLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 124
- KENNETH JOHN MEULEBROECKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 1
- ROBERT HAROLD WOODSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 4
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.