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WILLIAM P THOMPSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1945 – March 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam P Thompson JR, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 63
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Kentucky (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 63
- ROGER WAYNE PATTONSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM DON POTTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL ALBERT ROBERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- FERROL SHANE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
From Shelbyville
- BENJAMIN LUTHER BARRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- CHARLES IRA CARTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JRCorporal · November 22, 1967
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
- STANLEY GARFIELD LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JRSergeant · February 16, 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.