Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, Joseph Lester "Joe"
Date of birth
22 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Suisun City, Solano County, California
Hometown
Nevada, Nevada County, California

Military service

Service number
39148349
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Ruhr pocket, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 17 27

Immediate family

Members
Lester J. Thompson (father)
Matilde A. (Riedel) Thompson (mother)
Maria Thompson (sister)
William A. Thompson (brother)
Doris H. (Hansen) Thompson (wife)
Gary Thompson (son)

More information

Pfc Joseph L. Thompson enlisted on 1 July 1944 in San Francisco, California.

On one of the pictures Joseph poses next to his father.

One other picture shows Joseph with his son Gary taken in 1944 after Pfc Thompson returned home after basic training.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com - Gary Thompson (son), www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Mickiestree familytree, William A. (Bill) Thompson (brother)