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Reuben Thompkins
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Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 9 INF 2 DIV
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Date of Death
May 7, 1951
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Master Sergeant Thompkins was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On February 14, 1951, while defending his position near Wonju, South Korea, he was seriously wounded and taken Prisoner of War. He died of those wounds and malnutrition at Suan Bean Prisoner of War Camp in North Korea on May 7, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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