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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, Floyd Lee
Date of birth
2 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38564547
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 October 1944
Place of death
Le Rémabois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 2 16

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Thompson (father)
Dessie (Thompkins) Thompson (mother)
Roy E. Thompson (brother)
Fern I. Thompson (sister)
Helen L. Thompson (sister)
Betty A. Thompson (sister)

More information

Pfc Floyd L. Thompson enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 20 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy