Portsmouth City: Thompson, Sioney Kenneth

personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead

virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission

part-i-personal-data

first-name: SIDNEY

middle-name: KENNETH

last-name: THOMPSON

suffix:

home-address: 126 SEABOARD AVE. PORTSMOUTH VA.

county: City of Portsmouth

birthplace: WADESBORO NORTH CAROLINA

date-of-birth: 1925-02-23

race: WHITE

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 10 1/2

weight-lbs: 165

marital-status: Single

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date-of-marriage:

children-1:

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education

elementary-years: 7

high-school-years: 4

college-years: NONE

other:

degrees:

occupation: ASST. MGR, SERVICE STATION

religious-affiliation: METHODIST CHURCH

citizen-of-what-nation: UNITED STATES

father-s-name

first-name: BELA

middle-name: WARE

last-name: THOMPSON

suffix:

mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: SALLIE

middle-name: GEORGIA

last-name: STALNAKER

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Enlisted

date-of-entry: 1944-11-29

place-of-entry: FORT BENNING GEORGIA

rank-at-entry: 2ND LT.

first-served: ARTILLERY, THEN INFANTRY

branch-of-service: U. S. ARMY

service-number: 01328201

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

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

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: FORT EUSTIS VA, MAY 1943 - MAR. 1944 CAMP STEWART GA., MAR 1944 - AUG - 1944 FORT BENNING GA., AUG. 1944 - NOV - 1944

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date:

information-about-overseas-service: WAS AT HOME 15 DAYS ON FURLOUGH. IN CAMP IN STATES, UNTIL JAN 1ST 1945 WE THINK, AND SAILED FOR EUROPE THEN.

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: PURPLE HEART

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: IN VICINITY OF DUREN GERMANY

date-of-death: 1945-02-26

any-other-details-known: WAS BURIED AT HENRIE CAHPPELLE BELGIUM

photograph: Yes

next-of-kin

prefix:

first-name: SALLIE

middle-name: G.

last-name: THOMPSON

suffix:

address: 126 SEABOARD AVE, PORTSMOUTH VA.

relationship: MOTHER

people-supplying-this-information

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first-name: SALLIE

middle-name: G.

last-name: THOMPSON

suffix:

address: 126 SEABOARD AVE.

people-submitting-this-information

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first-name: SAME AS ABOVE

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