Thompson, Benjamin Arthur, Jr., SSG

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Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last Primary MOS
11C20-Indirect Fire Infantryman
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1968-1968, 11C20, HHC, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry
Service Years
1964 - 1968
Infantry
Staff Sergeant
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Home State
Alabama
Alabama
 Year of Birth
1945
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Saraland		 Last Address
Saraland
MIA Date
Oct 25, 1968		  
Cause
Non Hostile- Died Other Causes		 Reason
Drowned, Suffocated
Location
Kien Hoa (Vietnam)		 Conflict
Vietnam War

 Official Badges 

Infantry Shoulder Cord French Fourragere


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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family RegistryNational League of POW/MIA Families
  1968, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry
  2023, National League of POW/MIA Families


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


SSgt Thompson was a member of Company D, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. On October 25, 1968, he was on a mission about five miles south of Thuc Giang, Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam. As he was crossing a stream he lost his balance and was swept away by the current. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. 
   
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   1968-1968, 11C20, HHC, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry

Staff Sergeant
From Month/Year
October / 1968 		To Month/Year
October / 1968
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Staff Sergeant		 MOS
11C20-Indirect Fire Infantryman
Base, Fort or City
Not Specified		State/Country
Kien Hoa (Vietnam)
  
 
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 HHC, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Details

HHC, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry
Type
Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry 		Strength
Army Company
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Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Apr 27, 2020
   
   
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Thompson, Rudy Michel, SSG, (1965-1968) IN 11C20 Staff Sergeant
Bolton, Robert, SGT, (1968-1971) IN 11C20 Sergeant
Wulff, William, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 11C20 Sergeant
Jeantet, Francis Leon, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11C20 Corporal
Rodriguez-Acevedo, Jose, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11C20 Corporal
Forshee, Jack, SP 4, (1967-1970) IN 11C20 Specialist 4
Salazar, Arturo, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11C20 Specialist 4
Theis, David, SP 4, (1967-1969) IN 11C20 Specialist 4
Underhill, Benjamin S., SP 4, (1967-1968) IN 11C20 Specialist 4
Tyrrell, John Franklin, PFC, (1967-1968) IN 11C20 Private First Class
Clark, Billy Earl, MSG, (1953-1968) IN 11G50 Master Sergeant
Byrnes, Robert John, SSG, (1968-1968) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Hall, Billy, SSG, (1967-1979) IN 111.68 Staff Sergeant
Langston, John Alan, SSG, (1967-1968) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Newcomb, William, SSG, (1967-1970) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Oiler, Ronald, SSG, (1966-1968) IN 11F40 Staff Sergeant
Welsch, Bill, SSG, (1967-1969) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Wiener, Bruce, SSG, (1967-1969) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Armstrong, James Harold, SGT, (1968-1969) IN 11B40 Sergeant
Atchley, Ron, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 11B20 Sergeant
Berry, Jimmy, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11B30 Sergeant
Brown, Billy Ray, SGT, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Cook, Kerry, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 111.10 Sergeant
Duffy, Bob, SGT, (1966-1968) IN 11C40 Sergeant
Faull, Clifford, SP 4, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Herrera, Frank Vincent, SGT, (1966-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Holtzhouser, Ronald Lee, SGT, (1966-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Joyce, Roger Lee, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 111.10 Sergeant
Mackowski, Bernard, SGT, (1968-1969) IN 11B40 Sergeant
Martini, John, SGT, (1967-1969) IN 111.10 Sergeant
Richmond, Del, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Rowe, Ernest Leroy, SGT, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Schram, Gene, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11B40 Sergeant
Schram, Gene, SGT, (1968-1970) IN 11B30 Sergeant
Scott, Dorty Hinchman, SGT, (1965-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Smith, Dennis, SGT, (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Sutton, Douglas Rolland, SGT, (1965-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Toomes, Willis Albert, SGT, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Valentine, Lloyd Earl, SGT, (1966-1968) IN 11B40 Sergeant
Van Mater, William Wayne, SGT, (1967-1968) IN 11B20 Sergeant
Wagner, Jack, SGT, (1966-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Walter, Michael, SGT, (1968-1969) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Warner, William, SGT, (1966-1969) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Warner, Wm. David, SGT, (1966-1969) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Wilson, John Robert, SGT, (1965-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Wright, Darrel Zane, SGT, (1966-1968) IN 11B10 Sergeant
Austin, Rollin Randolph, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Cannon, Kevin George, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Causey, Ben Elmore, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Houston, William Joseph, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Kirkwood, Deryl Ramon, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Serrano, Rodolfo Carrillo, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Shiller, Albert, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Thomas, William Dewayne, CPL, (1967-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Totcoff, Dennis Steven, CPL, (1968-1968) IN 11B10 Corporal
Drozal, Robert, SP 5, (1967-1969) IN 11B10 Specialist 5
May, William, SP 5, (1966-1970) IN 11F10 Specialist 5
Muniz, Gloria, SP 5, (1968-1973) IN 11B20 Specialist 5
Aaron, Thomas Milton, SP 4, (1968-1969) IN 11B20 Specialist 4

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