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Name: Robert M Thornton
Birth Year: 1924
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Missouri
State of Residence: Missouri
County or City: Lawrence

Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1944
Enlistment State: Kansas
Enlistment City: Fort Levenworth
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Marital status: Single, without dependents