KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

COL Arvo Theodore Thompson

8167th Army Hospital Tokyo
Army
Non-hostile, Died Other Causes
Date Of Loss: May 18, 1951
Service Number: O-17431
Born: July 14, 1903
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Ely, Minnesota
Location Or Battle Zone: Japan
Town Or Area: Tokyo
Burial Location
Arlington National Cemetery

Comments: Colonel Thompson was a member of the United States Army Veterinary Corps stationed in Tokyo, Japan. He died of unknown causes on May 18, 1951. He was a veteran of World War II and was an investigator into war crimes during World War II.

Son of John and Hilda M. Thompson of Ely, Minnesota.

Korean War Project Key No: 37185

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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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