I'm trying to add a little more about the elusive father of Lionel Hampton to my Riddles research file. There were a number of Charles Hamptons from Kentucky so it difficult to know which records are the correct records for Lionel's father. Here is one of the records that I'm certain is Lionel father :

Name: Charles E Hampton
Service Info.: SUP-S SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 14 Jun 1890
Death Date: 22 May 1945
Interment Date: 25 May 1945
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 4701 Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY 40207
Buried At: Section B Site 602
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. Ancestry.com

Questions:

-Can someone explain his rank (SUP-S SGT) to me ?

-Is there any way to find out the specific unit he served with in during without spending money ?

Ron