Death
Thompson died at the age of 79 on June 21, 1940 and is buried on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Shortly after his death, the brink of U.S. entry into World War II prompted the Army to order the Thompson submachine gun in large quantities, and it was used extensively during that conflict.
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