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Barney Edmond Thompson
19 Nov 1922 – 18 May 1943
| Birth | 19 Nov 1922 |
| Death | 18 May 1943 |
| Cemetery | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu , Honolulu County , Hawaii , USA |
| Added by | Michael Harrison on 31 May 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3794464 |
Bio
Entered the service from Louisiana. Died in WW2. Served in the US Navy as Communications Operator. THE LEESVILLE LEADER, THRUSDAY, JUNE 3, 1943 Barney Thompson Drowns in Pacific Mr. and Mrs. Valzey Thompson of Pitkin, Louisiana received a telegram from the Navy Department advising them of the death of their son, Barney E. Thompson. Seaman 3rd Class, United States Navy, by accidental drowning somewhere in the Pacific. He was born and raised near Pitkin, Louisiana and was attending Pitkin High School at the time he volunteered for the Navy on July 10, 1941. At the time of his death he was nineteen years of age. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valzey Thompson , two sisters, Mrs. Paul James and Elnora Thompson, four brothers, Gilbert, Roy and Leo all of Pitkin and Henry E. in United States Navy, Norfolk , Va.
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RM3C, US NAVY WORLD WAR II
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- Eva Thompson James 1920–2002
- Gilbert "Dee" Thompson 1926–2004
- Rev Roy Thompson 1928–2017
- Elnora "Tootie" Thompson Blankenship 1930–2017
- Leo Douglas Thompson 1934–2015
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