Thompson, Ronald M.
Marines 1st lieutenant

Ronald M. Thompson, age 23, from Stephenson County Pearl City, Illinois .

Parents: Merrill and Eleanor Menzimer Thompson

Service era: Korea
Schools: Pearl City High (1951), Texas A&M

Date of death: Saturday, July 5, 1958
Death details: He was killed in a flame-stricken plane near Quinby, Virginia. The Skyraider, a single engine propeloler plane, ran into trouble over the Atlantic during an instrument flight from Edenton , North Carolina.
Cemetery: Ladies Union in Stockton

Source: Grave marker, Pearl City News (1958)