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WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1943 – February 28, 1967
Service recordWilliam Howard Thompson, of Belleville, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Belleville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 123
- DOUGLAS GERALD STREETLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- HUBERT OWEN TH-UOTSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- DONALD SYLVESTER VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- HAROLD TIMOTHY VAUGHTLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE STEELPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 122
From Belleville
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · November 13, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
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.