Corporal Stephen Scott Thompson

HHC Attached to Company A 1-22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

KIA February 14, 2009

CPL Stephen Thompson

Cpl. Stephen Scott Thompson, 23, of Tulsa, Okla., died Feb. 14, 2009, in Baghdad
of injuries sustained from a gunshot wound.

Thompson entered the military in June 2006 as a fire support specialist and had been assigned to the
1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, since November 2006.

He deployed to Iraq in March 2008.

Thompson’s awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal,
Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and Overseas Service Ribbon.

He had been employed as a FIST (Fire Support Team) member from HHC attached to Company A.

Stephen Scott Thompson

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Tulsa: Tulsa soldier Stephen Scott Thompson remembered for humor
BY MANNY GAMALLO - Tulsa World
Published: February 18, 2009Buzz up!

TULSA — A Tulsa soldier described as a nice, average person who joined the military to better himself was killed in Iraq, his family said.

Army Cpl. Stephen Scott Thompson, 23, was shot in Baghdad, his father, Philip Thompson said Tuesday. The family was notified Sunday morning.

The Department of Defense said Thompson died from a gunshot wound Saturday in Baghdad.

He was a member of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, out of Fort Hood, Texas.

Stephen Thompson grew up in Tulsa and was a 2004 graduate of Memorial High School.

Philip Thompson said his son joined the military three years ago to improve himself.

"I am so proud of my son. Stephen became a man the day he joined; this young man changed overnight.
I remember when I went to his graduation from boot camp, I couldn’t hardly believe who the person that was standing in front of me,”
Philip Thompson said in an e-mail to the Tulsa World.

"From the moment he arrived in Iraq, he never faltered calling home, in fact I heard from him nearly every day.
I last spoke with him on Thursday the 12th, and he told me everything was going pretty well, just the usual stuff.

"He was extremely excited about coming home, all he could talk about was what he wanted to do when he got back.

A friend, Sara Wilson at Fort Hood, Texas, said Thompson had a delightful sense of humor.

Wilson said she was shocked Monday when she learned of his death. She said Thompson and her husband, Sgt. Joseph Wilson,
were close at Fort Hood and also in Iraq.

She said the battalion left for Iraq last March for a year’s deployment and was due to return to Fort Hood in a matter of weeks.

Wilson said Thompson was a forward observer and his death in Iraq was combat-related.

"I knew something had happened,” Wilson said.

She said her husband would call her every night from Iraq, but he didn’t call Saturday or Sunday.

When he finally spoke with her husband on Monday, she said her husband avoided the subject of Thompson’s death because of the pain he felt.

"Before he left for Iraq, I asked him what am I going to do without you?” Wilson said. "He looked at me and said, ‘You better hire a circus clown.’”

from TULSA WORLD

CPL Stephen Scott Thompson is laid to rest

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Members of the Patriot Guard stand vigil at the funeral of CPL Stephen Scott Thompson

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