Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

William Milton Thompson

BranchArmy
RankSergeant First Class E-6 (P)
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service1942 – 1967
Date of Birth10/15/1906
Date of Death08/08/1974
HometownParis, OH
Burial LocationParis Twp: Oakdale
Monument PaverNo
SourceDD-214, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 11, p. 230

Overseas service: Germany; came to Union County in the 1920's from an orphanage near Akron. Befriended by John & Jerry McAuliffe.; After his military service, returned to Marysville until his death August 8, 1974. Friend of Leila Rausch Hill. School: West Portage, Ohio (orphanage). at his death, he gave his $10,000 insurance benefit to the orphanage he ran away from in Portage County, Ohio and to the VFW National Home for children at Eaton Rapids, Mich.; 1942 - 1967

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument