Floyd James Thompson

Biography

Floyd James "Jim" Thompson was a United States Army colonel. He was the longest-held American prisoner of war in U.S. history, spending nearly nine years in captivity in the jungle camps and mountains of South Vietnam and Laos, and in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Birthday

Jul 8, 1933

Place of birth

Bergenfield, New Jersey, United States

Deathday

Jul 16, 2002

Also known as

• Jim Thompson
• Major Floyd Thompson
• Floyd Thompson