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Willard E. Thompson, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:
location:15th Air Force in Air Combat Balkans, Naples-Foggia, Italy
enlistment date:Jan. 7, 1943
place enlisted:
discharge date:Dec. 8, 1945
place discharged:Wright-Patterson Field, Dayton, OH
decorations: Air Medal (1942-)
American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 322.

Personal Information

date of birth:Sept. 10, 1922
birth place:Buhl, MN
home town:Buhl, MN
date of death:July 28, 2008
father:Herman Thompson
mother:Helmi (Sinesola) Thompson
siblings:Albert, Harold, and Robert; Helen (Enrico) Castagneri of Buhl, Minn; Roy Thompson of Hutchinson, Minn
school:None

Last update: 8/27/2015