PT
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Unit
- Field Artillery, 105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Battalion
- Conflict / Era
- World War II; Korean War
- Years of Service
- 09/02/1919 04/13/1955 – 04/11/1995 05/31/1961
- Date of Birth
- 09/01/1919
- Date of Death
- 04/11/1995
- Hometown
- UNKNOWN, OH
- Burial Location
- Arlington Field of Honor Burial Park, Canal Winchester, Ohio
- Monument Paver
- No
- Overseas Service
- Iceland, Northern Ireland, France
- Township (entering service)
- UNKNOWN
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Prisoner of War
- When
- 10/07/1944
- Where
- Germany
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
Overseas service: Iceland, Northern Ireland, France. School: UNKNOWN. serial # 06668057; detained by Germany, no camp reported on POW record; enlistment records report residency as Franklin Co., OH; buried in Section M, Row 9, Oakdale Cemetery; POW Son of Lee & Pearl Thompson
Source: G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 6, p. 144; National Archives | Ancestry - Find A Grave, Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File