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WAYLAND KENT THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1949 – October 16, 1967
Service recordWayland Kent Thompson, of Monahans, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 17
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Monahans, Texas (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 17
- GEORGE STANLEY SALEMASergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LARRY PAUL STOTLERCaptain · October 16, 1967
- DON CARTHAL THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH TORILance Corporal · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY RICKERT HOWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 15
From Monahans
- ROLAND ALBERT NIELSENSpecialist Five · October 4, 1967
- ROBERT LEON CARMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1968
- ROCKY D ARMSTEADWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1969
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.