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Personal info

Full name
MALLORY, Thomas Arthur "Art"
Date of birth
20 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri
Hometown
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37377678
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bettendorf-Schleiden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 1 15

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. Mallory (father)
Edna L. (Myers) Mallory (mother)
Mary L. Mallory (sister)
Ione Mallory (sister)

More information

Pfc Thomas Mallory graduated from Joplin High school in 1940.

He enlisted on 14 August 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 2 September 1944.

The pictures were taken in high school in 1939 and 1940.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Headstone and Interment Record / McKinnonbee Family Tree / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joplin High School yearbook, 1939, 1940