Private 1st Class, Co. F, 30th Div., 120th Regt.; of Wayne County; son of A. P. and Mrs. B. Thompson. Husband of Mrs. Mary J. Thompson. Entered service April 5, 1916, at Fremont. Sent to Camp Pickett, transferred to Camp Sevier, then to Camp Merritt. Sailed for France May 17, 1918. Was in all engagements with company until wounded at the Hindenburg Drive by shrapnel in Thigh Sept. 29th. Returned to USA March 24, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., May 23, 1919.