United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Army · United States 
Benjamin Arthur Thompson Jr.
1945 – 1968
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Staff Sergeant Benjamin Arthur Thompson Jr. served in the U.S. Army. Benjamin served with the 9 INF DIV. Benjamin served in the Vietnam War. Benjamin was 23 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Drowning
Circumstance
Accident in theatre
Place
Kien Hoa
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Service Record
U.S. Army
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
INDIRECT FIRE INFANTRYMAN
KIEN HOA
1968
Pay grade E06.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
3
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Benjamin Arthur Thompson Jr.
Staff Sergeant
U.S. Army
- 1968
47th Infantry Regiment
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