Delmar Thompson Dec. 14, 1916 in Wild Rose, WI. His
parents were Anton Thompson and Hazel Etheridge. They
lived on Grant St. He won first prize in the Waushara
County Fair in 1932 for his yearling heifer. He graduated
from Wild Rose High School in 1934. He enlisted Oct.24,
1940 in Milwaukee. He was 5'9" and 164 pounds He had
blue eyes, brown hair and a light complexion. His military
training was a Jefferson Barracks in Missouri. He was sent
to Hawaii and received the Distinguished Flying Cross as a
gunner on a B-24 Liberator transport and bombed a large
Japanese transport. He was in 45 bombing missions in the
New Guinea theatre. He also received three oak leaf
clusters for gallantry He was killed on a training mission
over Cuba on May 14,1944 when the plane crashed on
Batista Field. He was a staff Sgt. He is buried on
Oakhill in Wild Rose, WI.
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