NEWS of the Boys in the Service
Word has been received here that Cpl. Lloyd Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson of Irene, S. D., was reported missing in action in Germany on October 28. A few days later his parents received a telegram sating that he had died in France on October 29. Cpl. Thompson is a second cousin of Mrs. Wm. Penning and worked around LeMars prior to entering the service. He worked for Ben Knapp.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, November 21, 1944
Lloyd Leslie Thompson was born Dec. 21, 1915 to James C. and Ruby Reeves Thompson. He died Oct. 29, 1944 and is buried in Mission Hill Congregational Cemetery, Mission Hill, SD. Originally buried in France, he was returned home after the war.
Source: ancestry.com
