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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, E B
Date of birth
1 October 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Boone County, West Virginia
Hometown
Boone County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35448704
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 May 1945
Place of death
Breitenhagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 5 6

Immediate family

Members
Dell Thompson (father)
Carrie Thompson (mother)
Robert Thomson (brother)
Ralph Thompson (brother)
Clarence Thompson (brother)
John R. Thompson (brother)
Lola J. Thompson (wife)
Bettie L. Thompson (daughter)

More information

Pfc E.B. Thompson enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 9 October 1942.

He died after an accident in a jeep.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Grave Content, Ron Janssen