Name and Rank, Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class Myron Morgan Thompson.
Uni/Placed in, USS Enterprise (CV-6) Carrier, United States Navy.
Myron was born on 1921 in Kentucky.
Father, Morgan Thompson.
Mother, Lenora Thompson.
Sisters, Christine, Eva. and Norma Thompson.
Brothers, Cletus, Harold, and Gilbert Thompson.
He enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 2873661.
Myron was an Aviation Machinist Mate Third Class on the U.S.S. Enterprise .
Myron was Buried at Sea after he was Killed by a bombing attack on the U.S.S. Enterprise, on Aug. 24, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Myron is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila,
National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to http://www.cv6.org/ http://combinedfleet.com/battles/
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
