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Newspaper article, The Trentonian.
Technician 5th Class William (Bill) Lawrence Thompson, 30, a son of Ernest Thompson of
Kansas City, Kansas, was killed in action in the European theater on 8 April 1945, his father has been notified. T/5 William L. Thompson, who enlisted in the army before Pearl Harbor, was born and raised in Trenton. He attended the local schools.
He went overseas in January 1945 after receiving infantry training in various camps in this county. Three brothers are also in the armed forces.
Surviving besides his father and stepmother are his widow, Mrs. Naomi Thompson of Manhattan Beach, California; four brothers, Pfc Jack P. Thompson, who is serving in the South Pacific, Pvt G. E. Thompson, also in the European theater, Lt Charles A. Thompson, stationed at Warrensburg and Lloyd E. Thompson of Oklahoma; four sisters, Mrs. Wanda L. Kennedy and Mrs. Chester Lover (Lovell) of Route 5, Mrs. Margaret Grimes of Chillicothe and Romayne Thompson of Trenton.

T/5 William L. Thompson's brother Lt Charles Thompson was recently returned to the United States after he was released from an internment camp in a neutral country. He was navigator of a B17 which was shot down after a raid.


Photo (military): T/5 William L. Thompson and
a unknown friend.

Photo (couple): T/5 William L. Thompson and his wife Naomi Thompson.