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WILLIAM BERNARD THOMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Bernard Thompson, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 19
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 19
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- WALLACE R THORSON JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- DWIGHT THEODORE VALRIEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN MARCUS FREDRICKSENSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 10
- STANLEY A SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 18
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 18
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.