Rank: Private First Class
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 8-Nov-1949
Hometown: Syracuse, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Nov-1967
Start of tour: 23-Apr-1968
Incident date: 19-May-1968
Date of casualty: 19-May-1968
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
William Bernard Thompson died from wounds received while on combat operation when hostile mine detonated in area. He was admitted to a military hospital in Vietnam, where he later expired. / (Individual transported to 7th Surgical Hospital, Blackhorse base camp, Long Giao, where he expired.)
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York, USA
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