The Shemwell Family

Richard Lee ThompsonAge: 77 years19382016

Name
Richard Lee Thompson
Given names
Richard Lee
Surname
Thompson
Birth September 24, 1938

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 3 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 11 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 7 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a wifeElma Sharlene Brown
May 4, 1997 (Age 58 years)
Death February 14, 2016 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Swan Lake Memory Gardens
Family with Elma Sharlene Brown - View this family
himself
wife
Elma Sharlene Brown
Birth: February 24, 1938 37 30Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: May 4, 1997Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
son
Private

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