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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, William Macclaren
Date of birth
1 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35518927
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lewis Thompson (father)
Mazie L. (Holben) Thompson (mother)
Lewis Thompson (brother)
Craig Thompson (brother)
Sally Thompson (sister)

More information

Cpl William M. Thompson attended high school for four years and was a clerk at A & P Company Warehouse.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 26 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel