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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, Robert L
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
San Joaquin, Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39411982
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mittersheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 97

Immediate family

Members
James Thompson (father)
Lillian S. Thompson (mother)
Junior L. Thompson (brother)
Olga M. Thompson (sister)
Wanda F. Thompson (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Thompson enlisted in Sacramento, California on 8 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: AndrĂ© Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Records

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