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Thomas Charles Compton
(1914 - 2003)
updated February 06, 2019
Thomas Charles Compton was born on February 22, 1914. He died on January 13, 2003 at 88 years of age. We know that Thomas Charles Compton had been residing in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi 39531.
Thomas Charles Compton Biography
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Thomas Charles Compton
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Charles
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Male
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There is no cause of death listed for Thomas.
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Burial / Funeral
Golden Gate National Cemetery
Section W Site 2719, 1300 Sneath Lane, in San Bruno, California 94066
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Unknown.
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Unknown.
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Religion
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Last Known Residence
Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi 39531
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Branch of service: Us Army
Rank attained: COLONEL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea |
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Thomas Charles Compton lived
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when he died at the age of 88.
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Thomas Charles Compton died on January 13, 2003 at 88 years of age. He was buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery Section W Site 2719, San Bruno, California. He was born on February 22, 1914. There is no information about Thomas's immediate family. We know that Thomas Charles Compton had been residing in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi 39531.
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1914 - 2003 World Events
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In 1914, in the year that Thomas Charles Compton was born, in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.
In 1947, at the age of 33 years old, Thomas was alive when in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.
In 1952, Thomas was 38 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
In 1982, by the time he was 68 years old, on September 14th, Princess Grace of Monaco (American actress Grace Kelly), 52, died of injuries when her car plunged off a mountain road. Her 17 year old daughter, Stephanie, was also in the car and suffered serious injuries but recovered. It's believed that the accident was caused when Princess Grace, who was driving, had a mild stroke.
In 1997, Thomas was 83 years old when on August 31st, Princess Diana of Great Britain was killed when her car crashed into a pillar in the tunnel under the Pont de l'Alma bridge in Paris. The car she was riding in was trying to evade the paparazzi but it was also discovered later that the driver of the car, who was also killed, had three times the legal limit of alcohol which likely contributed to the accident.
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Other Thomas Comptons
around 1893 - Nov 1, 1918
around 1898 - Apr 24, 1918
around 1887 - Jul 30, 1915
around 1921 - Nov 7, 1943
around 1900 - Oct 9, 1917
around 1911 - Unknown
around 1909 - Unknown
around 1920 - Unknown
around 1924 - Unknown
around 1913 - Unknown
around 1923 - Unknown
around 1917 - Unknown
around 1898 - Unknown
around 1916 - Unknown
around 1915 - Unknown
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around 1919 - Unknown
around 1928 - Unknown
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Other Comptons
May 5, 1942 - May 1972
Sep 12, 1944 - Dec 2, 2003
Jan 16, 1946 - Dec 20, 1999
Nov 12, 1951 - December 1975
Mar 18, 1911 - Dec 15, 2002
Jul 7, 1914 - Nov 10, 2007
Feb 14, 1962 - Apr 8, 2010
Sep 30, 1983 - Dec 15, 1996
Jan 18, 1905 - May 19, 1995
Jun 7, 1918 - Aug 28, 1994
Jan 5, 1916 - Jul 15, 2003
Feb 23, 1895 - January 1967
Oct 24, 1910 - May 5, 1994
Jul 5, 1904 - May 18, 1992
Jul 7, 1892 - October 1964
Sep 18, 1916 - Mar 16, 2010
Sep 13, 1890 - May 1967
Jan 31, 1921 - Aug 17, 1997
Dec 9, 1921 - Sep 2, 1997
Oct 20, 1905 - Jul 25, 1988
Other Bios
Dec 29, 1912 - Dec 10, 2005
Apr 12, 1936 - Jan 23, 1996
Jan 31, 1915 - November 1975
May 23, 1917 - April 1969
Aug 11, 1910 - Jan 21, 1992
Jan 29, 1929 - March 1972
Jun 23, 1897 - May 1987
Aug 6, 1919 - Aug 5, 2002
Nov 19, 1907 - Jan 15, 1997
Jun 7, 1937 - Dec 26, 2009
Nov 1, 1912 - Apr 24, 2002
Sep 28, 1908 - Jan 5, 1993
Jun 23, 1913 - Jun 11, 2001
May 9, 1938 - April 1975
Feb 22, 1916 - Apr 11, 1994
May 8, 1911 - May 24, 1993
Mar 3, 1914 - April 1988
Dec 23, 1905 - March 1987
Nov 26, 1911 - Oct 21, 2003
Apr 26, 1925 - Nov 3, 1998
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