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Tulla B. Thompson - Dill, Washita Co., Oklahoma

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 165th Depot Brigade, 56th Co., Travis Detach.  #2

Army Serial Number:

Inducted: Oct. 4, 1917 Washita Co., OK

Army Discharge: Eternal Watch

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – KIA

   Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Fathers Name: J. V. Thompson

Mothers Name: Alice

Civilian Occupation: Farming

Born: Oct. 25, 1895 Freestone Co., Texas

Died: Feb. 5, 1918 Coast of Scotland

   Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918

   Body exhumed and relocated to America, 1920

Cemetery: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Internment Date: Sept. 7, 1920

Plot: Section EUR   Site 308

I found an old newspaper clipping with a picture of the Tuscania (flying a British flag) and an obituary, with a picture, of one of the men who was killed, Tula B. Thompson. He was the 'boyfriend' of my Mother's sister. The clips are in pretty good shape, considering their age although the picture of the ship has a small corner torn off at the bottom.

Mother never identified anything so I don't know the name of the paper or the date it was published. I imagine it was in the Dill City, OK paper since that was his hometown. Dill City is in Washita County in Western Oklahoma.

If possible, please include his picture on the website. He's such a nice-looking young man and I'd hope some descendant of one of his sisters would see it.

Jan Morrison  jmrsn<at>bellsouth.net

July 26, 2007