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Have you done a google search of his name + the other name on the tag? It might pop up on a genealogy site like ancestry.com
ReplyDelete@akaufman: The soldier's name is not an unusual one.
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned in my blog post, I searched Ancestry and found many men with that name in the WW2 database. Narrowing it down to determine which one, if any, is the correct one, is problematic.
My hope is that readers will either join in a team effort to search for this soldier, or know of him and his next of kin.
Fingers crossed! Thanks for your suggestion but I believe that's been covered.
Onfamilysearch recoird search under Washington state deaths they show a Stanley Thompson, husband of the former Mabel Chambers, born 1896 and dying in Seattle on 12 May 1946. I believe this might be who we are searching for.
ReplyDeleteI hope this helps.
Larry
Hesch History Blog
Great sleuthing Larry! I see that Stenley's parents are Douglas Thompson and Leota Sheridan.
ReplyDeleteI had a quick look and found the family, including 4 year old Stanley, in the 1900 census for Nelsonville Village, Athens, Ohio.
I'll let Jill know, but perhaps others can help fill in the blanks on Stanley's life and death.
I love teamwork!