Palacios business houses will close Thursday afternoon for the funeral services of Private First Class Henry Thompson, Infantry Army of the United States. The service will be held in the Palacios Funeral Home at 2 o’clock with Rev. Rayford B. Harris, pastor of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be made in the Palacios cemetery with grave side military rites by the Lloyd Queen Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The 23-year-old soldier died March 16, 1945, in Germany one year exactly from the date of his entry into service. He was a member of the late Gen. Patton’s troops. He was fatally wounded March 15, 1945, for which he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart decoration.
The returned veteran was born March 13, 1922, at Antlers, Oklahoma, and was moved to Matagorda County with his parents a short while later. He attended school at Van Vleck and Collegeport, and was employed by the Aaron Truck-Lines at the time of his entry into service.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Jordan Thompson, two small sons, Earl Henry Thompson and Michael Lee Thompson, all of Palacios; his father, W. H. Thompson of Bay City; and his mother Mrs. Pearl Lundy, of Modesto, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. W. H. Duke of Bakersfield, Calif.
Published by the Palacios Beacon, August 26, 1948
The 23-year-old soldier died March 16, 1945, in Germany one year exactly from the date of his entry into service. He was a member of the late Gen. Patton’s troops. He was fatally wounded March 15, 1945, for which he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart decoration.
The returned veteran was born March 13, 1922, at Antlers, Oklahoma, and was moved to Matagorda County with his parents a short while later. He attended school at Van Vleck and Collegeport, and was employed by the Aaron Truck-Lines at the time of his entry into service.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Jordan Thompson, two small sons, Earl Henry Thompson and Michael Lee Thompson, all of Palacios; his father, W. H. Thompson of Bay City; and his mother Mrs. Pearl Lundy, of Modesto, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. W. H. Duke of Bakersfield, Calif.
Published by the Palacios Beacon, August 26, 1948
Palacios business houses will close Thursday afternoon for the funeral services of Private First Class Henry Thompson, Infantry Army of the United States. The service will be held in the Palacios Funeral Home at 2 o’clock with Rev. Rayford B. Harris, pastor of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be made in the Palacios cemetery with grave side military rites by the Lloyd Queen Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The 23-year-old soldier died March 16, 1945, in Germany one year exactly from the date of his entry into service. He was a member of the late Gen. Patton’s troops. He was fatally wounded March 15, 1945, for which he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart decoration.
The returned veteran was born March 13, 1922, at Antlers, Oklahoma, and was moved to Matagorda County with his parents a short while later. He attended school at Van Vleck and Collegeport, and was employed by the Aaron Truck-Lines at the time of his entry into service.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Jordan Thompson, two small sons, Earl Henry Thompson and Michael Lee Thompson, all of Palacios; his father, W. H. Thompson of Bay City; and his mother Mrs. Pearl Lundy, of Modesto, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. W. H. Duke of Bakersfield, Calif.
Published by the Palacios Beacon, August 26, 1948
The 23-year-old soldier died March 16, 1945, in Germany one year exactly from the date of his entry into service. He was a member of the late Gen. Patton’s troops. He was fatally wounded March 15, 1945, for which he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart decoration.
The returned veteran was born March 13, 1922, at Antlers, Oklahoma, and was moved to Matagorda County with his parents a short while later. He attended school at Van Vleck and Collegeport, and was employed by the Aaron Truck-Lines at the time of his entry into service.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Jordan Thompson, two small sons, Earl Henry Thompson and Michael Lee Thompson, all of Palacios; his father, W. H. Thompson of Bay City; and his mother Mrs. Pearl Lundy, of Modesto, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. W. H. Duke of Bakersfield, Calif.
Published by the Palacios Beacon, August 26, 1948
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