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|enlistment_place=FRESNO CALIFORNIA
|enlistment_place=FRESNO CALIFORNIA
|state=CALIFORNIA
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|education=4 years of college
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'''William D. Thornton, Jr''' (born 1914) was a United States Army soldier associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland. William enlisted at Fresno, California.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
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