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PFC Tom Terral Tompkins

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PFC Tom Terral Tompkins Veteran

Birth
Strawberry, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA
Death
4 Oct 1944 (aged 24)
Overloon, Boxmeer Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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PFC. Tompkins, Tom Terral
Service number: 38356901

Age: 24
Born: April 2, 1920, Strawberry, Lawrence County, Arkansas
Hometown: Sharp County, Arkansas
Family:
George Edward Tompkins (father)
Bertha "Bertie" (nee Matthews) Tompkins (mother)
Fay Tompkins/Jones (sister)
Ruby Mae Tompkins/Tankersley (sister)
Norma Tompkins (sister)
Georgia Bonita "Bonnie" Tompkins/Rush/Merideth (sister)
Muriel Kathalene (nee Milligan) Tompkins (wife)

Rank: Private First Class
Function: Light Machine Gunner
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company : A Company
Date of death: October 4, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Overloon, The Netherlands
Spot: Between 2 woods west of Kijkuit and north of Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, The Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten

Date of enlistment: Not available
Other information:
PFC. Tompkins, Tom Terral
Service number: 38356901

Age: 24
Born: April 2, 1920, Strawberry, Lawrence County, Arkansas
Hometown: Sharp County, Arkansas
Family:
George Edward Tompkins (father)
Bertha "Bertie" (nee Matthews) Tompkins (mother)
Fay Tompkins/Jones (sister)
Ruby Mae Tompkins/Tankersley (sister)
Norma Tompkins (sister)
Georgia Bonita "Bonnie" Tompkins/Rush/Merideth (sister)
Muriel Kathalene (nee Milligan) Tompkins (wife)

Rank: Private First Class
Function: Light Machine Gunner
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company : A Company
Date of death: October 4, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Overloon, The Netherlands
Spot: Between 2 woods west of Kijkuit and north of Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, The Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten

Date of enlistment: Not available
Other information:


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  • Maintained by: Son of the 7th
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55882854/tom_terral-tompkins: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Tom Terral Tompkins (2 Apr 1920–4 Oct 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55882854, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Son of the 7th (contributor 47067117).