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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, Robert Windsor
Date of birth
19 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Toronto, Canada
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31288558
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 43 20

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Thompson (father)
Bertha E. (Windsor) Thompson (mother)
Norma I. Thompson (sister)
Beverly E. Thompson (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert W. Thompson graduated from Technical High School and was employed as a draftsman at the Dempsey Co.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 13 April 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Springfield Daily News - 28 January 1944