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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, Charles Edwin
Date of birth
15 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hyde Park, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31423468
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hassfurt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 23 53

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin H. Thompson (father)
Mary L. Thompson (mother)
Marion L. Thompson (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles E. Thompson attended high school for four years and was employed by the Chase Parker Company.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 11 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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