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TOMMY RAY THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1945 – December 2, 1967
Service recordTommy Ray Thompson, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 27
- THOMAS JAMES WALKERCorporal · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN WENNESLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- LARRY GLEN WILLIAMSLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- COLEMAN GEE HILLMANStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LLOYD DUPLESSISCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 23
- JOHN HAROLD MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 25
- DONALD WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 26
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.