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Richmond S. Thompson

Sergeant Army World War I

Army
Army
Sergeant
Sergeant
4th Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Unit
Company E, 4th Infantry Division, Ohio National Guard; Company E, 166th Infantry Division
Conflict / Era
World War I
Years of Service
1916 – 1919
Date of Birth
09/17/1893
Date of Death
12/02/1982
Hometown
Mill Creek, OH
Burial Location
Paris Twp: Oakdale
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
France: Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne
Township (entering service)
Mill Creek
Township (current / at death)
Paris
Church
New Dover United Methodist Church
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

Overseas service: France: Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Church: New Dover United Methodist Church. School: UNKNOWN. Serial #93618; Ohio National Guard; enlisted 06/21/1916; served with American Expeditionary Forces, 10/18/1917 to 04/25/1919; promoted to Corporal 07/04/1917; promoted to Sergeant 08/25/1918; honorably discharged 05/16/1919; born in Watkins, Ohio

Source: Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 2, p. 304; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 12/03/1982; Ohio Soldiers in World War I, 1917-1918; Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, World War I, p. 17,374; | Social Security Death Index