Portsmouth City: Thompson, James Franklin

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first-name: James

middle-name: Franklin

last-name: Thompson

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home-address: Route 1. Bo[?] 312 AA Ports., Va

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birthplace: Portsmouth, Va

date-of-birth: 1920-01-24

race: White

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 6 1/2

weight-lbs: 122

marital-status: Single

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education

elementary-years: 7

high-school-years: 4

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occupation: File Clerk

religious-affiliation: Baptist

citizen-of-what-nation: U.S.A.

father-s-name

first-name: Cleveland

middle-name: Earnest

last-name: Thompson

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mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Eddie

middle-name: Sue

last-name: Thompson

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Enlisted

date-of-entry: 1942-04-08

place-of-entry: 1350th Servise Unit Langley Field, Va

rank-at-entry: Pvt.

first-served: Air Corps

branch-of-service: Army

service-number: 0804072

previous-military-education-training-and-service:

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Langley Air Base, Langley Field, Va. July 22, 1942 Army Air Forces, Nashville, Tenn. July 1942 - Aug. 1942 Maxwell Field, Alabama Aug. 1942 - Nov. 1942 Lodwick Aviation Military academy, Avon Park, Florida Nov. 1942 - Jan. 1943 Shaw Field, Sumter, S. C. Jan. 1943 - Mar. 1943 Spencer Field, Moultrie, Ga. Mar. 1943 - May 28, 1943 Richmond Air Base, Richmond, Va May 1943 - July 1943 Langley Field Air Base, Langley Field, Va. July 1943 - Aug 1943 Dover Air Base, Dover, Del. Aug. 1943 - Oct. 1943

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: Pvt. - Aviation Cadet July 22, 1942 Aviation Cadet - Second Lieutenant May 28, 1943

information-about-overseas-service: none

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc:

circumstances-of-death: Kill Accidentally

area-of-place-of-death: Millville, New Jersey

date-of-death: 1943-10-23

any-other-details-known: Plane crashed

photograph: Yes

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first-name: Eddie

middle-name: Sue

last-name: Thompson

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address: Route 1, Box 312 AA. Ports., Va

relationship: mother

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