Raymond Maurice Tompkins was born July 17, 1920 to William George and Cora V. Rutledge Tompkins. He died Mar. 11, 2007 and is buried in IOOF Cemetery, Marengo, IA.
Sgt. Tompkins served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps and was captured in the fall of Wake Island and held prisoner for 3 years and 9 months working in the coal mines of Japan.
Source: ancestry.com
