United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
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U.S. Air Force · United States 
Colonel William James Thompson served in the U.S. Air Force. William served with the 389 TFS. William served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. William was 35 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115F: Pilot, Tactical Fighter (F-4 Phantom II, various models)
PILOT
HOUSTON, TX
1979
Pay grade O06.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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William James Thompson
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1979
389th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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