CMSgt Jack Melvin Thompson, US Air Force, Retired, departed this life on Nov. 20, 2010, at the age of 88. His biological parents were Columbia Elizabeth Curtis and Harry Taylor Claunch; he was adopted by Edward and Ida Joy Thompson. He was a long-time resident of Universal City, TX (since 1969). He served in the Air Force from 1942 until 1973. During his AF career, he was stationed in China as an advisor; England (where he met the aviator Charles Lindbergh); Okinawa (in support of the Korean action); March AFB, CA; Fuchu Air Station, Japan; Hickam AFB in Honolulu, Hawaii; Harlingen AFB in South Texas; and finally, Randolph AFB near San Antonio, TX. In 1969, he was sent on his final international assignment to Saigon, Vietnam. Upon his return to Texas in 1970, he served for two and a half years at Brooks AFB, San Antonio, before retiring in 1973.
CMSgt Jack Melvin Thompson, US Air Force, Retired, departed this life on Nov. 20, 2010, at the age of 88. His biological parents were Columbia Elizabeth Curtis and Harry Taylor Claunch; he was adopted by Edward and Ida Joy Thompson. He was a long-time resident of Universal City, TX (since 1969). He served in the Air Force from 1942 until 1973. During his AF career, he was stationed in China as an advisor; England (where he met the aviator Charles Lindbergh); Okinawa (in support of the Korean action); March AFB, CA; Fuchu Air Station, Japan; Hickam AFB in Honolulu, Hawaii; Harlingen AFB in South Texas; and finally, Randolph AFB near San Antonio, TX. In 1969, he was sent on his final international assignment to Saigon, Vietnam. Upon his return to Texas in 1970, he served for two and a half years at Brooks AFB, San Antonio, before retiring in 1973.
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CMSgt, US Air Force, WW II, Korea, Vietnam
