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Anthony O Thompson
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Name: Army Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson
Age: 26
From: Orangeburg, S.C.
Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson was killed Sept. 18 during an ambush by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq. Two other soldiers from his unit also were
Died: September 18, 2003
Sergeant from Branchville, S.C., killed in Iraq, is buried
Age: 26
From: Orangeburg, S.C.
Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson was killed Sept. 18 during an ambush by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq. Two other soldiers from his unit also were
Died: September 18, 2003
Sergeant from Branchville, S.C., killed in Iraq, is buried
Associated Press
BRANCHVILLE, S.C. — An Army sergeant killed in an ambush in Iraq was buried Sunday.
Staff Sgt. Anthony Orlando Thompson was the second Orangeburg County man to die since the war in Iraq began.
Thompson and two other soldiers died Sept. 18 during a small arms and rocket-propelled grenade ambush five miles south of Tikrit, Iraq, The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported.
Pfc. Vorn J. Mack, 19, also a 2002 Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School graduate, died Aug. 23 in Iraq.
Anthony Thompson was a faithful friend to all who knew him, said his sister, Mary Ellen Bell.
“He was a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a soldier and a...
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Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident
Army Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson was killed Sept. 18 during an ambush by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq. Two other soldiers from his unit also were
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Anthony O Thompson
2007-06-07
I still can remember his laugh and how he talked about his wonderful wife and son. I will never forget Anthony and what he did for me. He has changed my life!
Heather Stone