James Thompson

Birth: 3/5/1888, New Orleans, Louisiana

Address: 3006 Scovill Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Fireman on Ocean Liner, but not working at time of draft registration

Appearance: Height 6'6", Build stout, Eyes brown, Hair black

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 12/25/1917; 4/1/1918; Private

Service Number: 2427545

Deployment: 6/5/1918 from Montreal, Canada aboard SS Nankin. His emergency contact on the ship manifest was listed as "None," which was crossed out and handwritten as "Edward Hoppensack, friend, 2793 E. 55th St., Cleveland, Ohio." 

Action: 24 Co 6 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to Apr 22/18; Co B 331 Inf to Aug 19/18; Co F 117 Inf to death. Pvt. Somme Offensive; Ypres-Lys. AEF June 5/18 to death. 

Death: October 17, 1918 [3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 10/19/1918 buried locally at Jackson American Military Cemetery, Molain, Aisne, France; 6/13/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at British Military Cemetery, Saint- Souplet, Nord, France; 2/8/1921 remains disinterred and reburied in the same cemetery at Saint-Souplet; 6/1/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. via Antwerp, Belgium; 6/23/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme arriving Hoboken 7/5/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia arriving 8/9/1921; final burial 8/15/1921 at Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #2792 European Section    

Next of Kin: Edward Hoppensack, friend, 8311 Madison Ave., Cleveland, OH and 2793 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Private James Thompson's friend Edward George Hoppensack (1890-1958) was a Woodworker and was married to Addie Rohr Hoppensack. No additional definitive information was found about them nor about Private James Thompson's family members.