THOMPSON, WAYLAND KENT
PFC, U.S. Army
Ward County, Texas

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Medals:

Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Vietnam Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Vietnam Campaign Ribbon.

Biography:

Kent Thompson was born Feb. 24, 1949, in Hobbs, NM. He attended school in Monahans from first grade through graduation from high school. He was active in Boy Scouts, played football and was a Golden Gloves boxer. The oldest of four boys and three girls, he enlisted and volunteered to serve in Vietnam.

Thompson was assigned to the 137th Engineer Combat Co. He was killed Oct. 16, 1967. His mother, Dorothy Thompson of Monahans, recalls that Kent always enjoyed helping others. She said he always admired Woody Guthrie's music and his favorite was ‘ This Land is Your Land', which concludes with the lyric "as the fog was lifting, a voice was sounding, this land was made for you and me."