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TIMOTHY JOSEPH THOMPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1950 – December 13, 1970
Service recordTimothy Joseph Thompson, of Norwalk, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 119
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Norwalk, Ohio (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 119
- JOHN TERRENCE KILESpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- TOMMY GENE MORRISCorporal · December 13, 1970
- EARL EDWIN SHANNONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- PAUL ROBERT BRASSWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 1970
From Norwalk
- LARRY LEE LIBBEEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- KRAG BARRY ROYDESPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- LAUREN JOSEPH HEYDINGERSergeant · February 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SPROWLLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- RONALD RAY COECorporal · July 13, 1968
- JACKIE LINN LUNDELLLance Corporal · March 30, 1970
- JACK ALLEN HAWLEYTechnical Sergeant · April 10, 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.