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NAME Leslie Earl Thompson, Jr. |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 272074 |
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| UNIT Company F Second Battalion 2nd Marines |
HOME OF RECORD 107 South Pecos Street Midland Texas |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. L. E. Thompson |
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| DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1920 |
ENTERED SERVICE May 18, 1939 |
DATE OF LOSS December 27, 1942 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Corporal Leslie E. Thompson, Jr., served as an NCO with Company F, 2nd Marines, during the battle of Guadalcanal. On 27 December 1942, 2/2nd Marines sent out a trio of platoon-sized combat patrols to scout Japanese positions along the north coast of Guadalcanal. First contact was made within fifteen minutes, and a “desultory” firefight escalated into a “very sharp skirmish” by the early afternoon. When orders came to withdraw, however, many of the Marine dead were left behind. Corporal Thompson was killed during this operation. Although his buddies managed to retrieve his identification tags, they could not move his body, and Thompson was left in the field. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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