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Personal info

Full name
THOMPSON, Robert O'Neal
Date of birth
12 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Iowa
Hometown
Clarinda, Page County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
20704031
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
168th Infantry Regiment,
34th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Fürstenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 6 37

Immediate family

Members
Harry H. Thompson (father)
Bessie (Mead) Thompson (mother)
John C. Thompson (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert O. Thompson worked on a farm.

He joined the National Guard in Clarinda, Iowa on 10 February 1941.
Pvt Thompson was taken prisoner in North Africa and died in Stalag III/B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Date File, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries

Photo source: Peter Schouteten