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WESLEY ROBERT THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1949 – December 14, 1969
Service recordWesley Robert Thompson, of Badger, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 57
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Badger, Minnesota (Roseau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 57
- ROBERT THOMAS RUSSELL IIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- CARL EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
- WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRITTSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
- DONNIE JAY BRAGGSergeant · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGG A NEWELLSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 56
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.