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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, Reed
Date of birth
27 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Monroe County, Tennessee
Hometown
Monroe County, Tennessee
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
34499620
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 18 12

Immediate family

Members
Robert O. Thompson (father)
Elvira (Brady) Thompson (mother)
Liddie Thompson (half-sister)
Vastine G. Thompson (brother)
Martha E. Thompson (sister)
Onus Thompson (brother)
Pauline M. Thompson (sister)
Raymond Thompson (twin brother)
Calvin P. Thompson (brother)
Eulie R. Thompson (brother)

More information

Pvt Reed Thompson enlisted on 12 December 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

He is remembered at Miller's Chapel Baptist Church, Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee.

On the pictures he poses with his twin brother Raymond.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmv.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Freeman-Murphey Family tree, www.findagrave.com - Joy

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Joy, Delores Hutchinson