Minnesota Discovery Center

Benoni Tillman Thompson, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Service Battery, 915th Field Artillery Battalion in Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:Dec. 4, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Dec. 31, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 321.

Personal Information

date of birth:Nov. 9, 1914
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Aug. 13, 1998
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/27/2015