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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, Bobby Lee
Date of birth
8 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Forth Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38626014
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 39 52

Immediate family

Members
George S. Thompson (father)

More information

Pvt Bobby L. Thompson attended Polytechnic High School at Fort Worth.

He had been overseas for two months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, Fort Worth Star Telegram 31 December 1944