John Claude ThompsonAge: 72 years1895–1967
- Name
- John Claude Thompson
- Given names
- John Claude
- Surname
- Thompson
 Birth | July 12, 1895 39 34 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Alexander Thompson April 10, 1903 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Clay Thompson April 4, 1904 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Orva Adaline Holland March 29, 1909 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 22 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 34 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a mother | Dorcas Baker Fesperman October 26, 1931 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 54 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 50 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 | November 24, 1967 (Age 72 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Clay Thompson Birth: June 23, 1856 44 33 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: April 4, 1904 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Dorcas Baker Fesperman Birth: May 17, 1861 — Carroll, Arkansas, United States Death: October 26, 1931 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: July 20, 1879 — |
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16 years himself |
John Claude Thompson Birth: July 12, 1895 39 34 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: November 24, 1967 — El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Virginia Marie Morton |
| himself |
John Claude Thompson Birth: July 12, 1895 39 34 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: November 24, 1967 — El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Virginia Marie Morton Death: |
| daughter |
Private |