Henry Lee Thompson
b. 24 May 1922, d. 26 October 1944
- Father: Henry Brooks Thompson b. 25 March 1892, d. 21 April 1970
- Mother: Mary Narrow b. 1902, d. 1978
- Henry Lee Thompson was born on 24 May 1922 in Louisiana.
- Henry Lee Thompson died on 26 October 1944 at age 22 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
- He was interred at Maxie Cemetery, Maxie, Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
- The following appeared on 28 October 1944 in the Lubbock Morning Avalanche: (San Antonio, Oct. 27) Four fliers from Randolph Field were killed yesterday afternoon when their training plane crashed two miles northeast of Zorn, Tex., it was announced today by Col. Walter C. White, Randolph Field commanding officer.
The twin engined plane was on a combat training flight, Col. White said. The dead are:
First Lt. Alvin C. Lawrence, instructor, Baltimore, Mr; 2nd Lt. Robert P. Rhyne, student in the Central Instructors school of Morgantown, N. C.
Flight Officer Henry L. Thompson, student, whose wife lives in New Orleans.
The name of the fourth man was withheld pending notification of next of kin. - The following appeared on 30 October 1944 in The Times-Picayune: [Died] Killed in Texas on October 26, 1944, Flight Officer Henry Lee Thompson, U. S. Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Thompson, husband of Bertha I. Hammel, brother of Betty Jo, William Thompson and Mrs. Gordon Carr, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Jules Hammel, Sr.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place Monday, October 30, 1944, at 10 o'clock a.m. in Iota, La.
Arrangements by Geesey & Ferguson Funeral Home, Crowley, La.
- Last Edited: 14 May 2014