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After being MIA for 72 years, PFC Dale Thompson is coming home!

By Laura Vroman –
  • A photo from their last evening home, July 13, 1950, shows Dale next to his sister Carol, and mother Mabel Thompson. This was a send off for Dale and his brother Gene as they prepared for the Korean War.
    A photo from their last evening home, July 13, 1950, shows Dale next to his sister Carol, and mother Mabel Thompson. This was a send off for Dale and his brother Gene as they prepared for the Korean War.
  • After being MIA for 72 years, PFC Dale Thompson is coming home!
    After being MIA for 72 years, PFC Dale Thompson is coming home!
  • From the 10th Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1950, CO A 1st BN 85th INF, Recruit Dale D. Thompson of Valentine, NE.
    From the 10th Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1950, CO A 1st BN 85th INF, Recruit Dale D. Thompson of Valentine, NE.
  • Mabel Thompson received this telegram informing her of Dale being Missing in Action, dated January 26, 1951.
    Mabel Thompson received this telegram informing her of Dale being Missing in Action, dated January 26, 1951.
  • The remains of PFC Dale Thompson that were retrieved from D.P.R.K.
    The remains of PFC Dale Thompson that were retrieved from D.P.R.K.

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