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Paul W. Thompson Sr.

Staff Sergeant Army World War II; Korean War

Army
Army
Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Unit
Field Artillery, 105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Battalion
Conflict / Era
World War II; Korean War
Years of Service
09/02/1919 04/13/1955 – 04/11/1995 05/31/1961
Date of Birth
09/01/1919
Date of Death
04/11/1995
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
Arlington Field of Honor Burial Park, Canal Winchester, Ohio
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
Iceland, Northern Ireland, France
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Prisoner of War
When
10/07/1944
Where
Germany
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

Overseas service: Iceland, Northern Ireland, France. School: UNKNOWN. serial # 06668057; detained by Germany, no camp reported on POW record; enlistment records report residency as Franklin Co., OH; buried in Section M, Row 9, Oakdale Cemetery; POW Son of Lee & Pearl Thompson

Source: G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 6, p. 144; National Archives | Ancestry - Find A Grave, Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File