Clifford Melvin Thompson
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Navy
THOMPSON, Clifford Melvin
Clifford Melvin Thompson was born on February 12th 1922 to Melvin Theodore & Sigrid Marie [Nyhein] Thompson in International Falls, Minnesota. The family moved to Duluth, minnesota.
Mr. Thompson enlisted in the US Naval Reserve and served as a Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class. He was assigned aboard the USS Savannah in the Italian Theater of WWII.
He married Mildred Evelyn [Simonson] on April 9th 1943 in Norfolk, Virginia.
MOMM2C Thompson was killed in action on September 11th 1943 when a German radio-controlled glide-bomb struck the USS Savannah. It caused extensive casualties aboard. He is honored at the Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. He was 21 years of age.
S1c Thompson was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He is also honored with a memorial headstone at Ft Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Source(s):
Albert J. Amatuzio Research Center | Veterans Memorial Hall (vets-hall.org)
Clifford M Thompson in American Battle Monuments Commission - Fold3
MoMM2 Clifford Melvin Thompson (1922-1943) - Find a Grave Memorial
