Joseph Thompson | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	19039138
Unit	63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Private U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	California
Date of Death	January 20 1946
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal, Purple Heart.

Notes

PVT Thompson's remains have been recovered. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery. PVT Thompson's name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.