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Full name
TOMPKINS, Tom Terral
Date of birth
2 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Sharp County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38356901
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
A Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Between 2 woods west of Kijkuit and north of Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
George E. Tompkins (father)
Verdie Tompkins (mother)
Fay Tompkins (sister)
Ruby Tompkins (sister)
Norma Tompkins (sister)
Bonita Tompkins (sister)
Muriel (Milligan) Tompkins (wife)

More information

PFC Tom T. Tompkins went by his middle name of 'Terral' when growing up.

He is remembered at the Lebanon Cemetery in Nelsonville, Sharp County, Arkansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Linda Cooper