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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, George Walter
Date of birth
13 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31064494
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Truck Driver, Light
Unit
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
7th Armored Division,
D Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 August 1944
Place of death
La Ferté-Gaucher, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 29

Immediate family

Members
Stephen J. Thomas (father)
Julia (Spillane) Thomas (mother)
Robert W. Thomas (brother)
Margaret Thomas (sister)
Donald P. Thomas (brother)
Edwin J. Thomas (brother)
John S. Thomas (brother)
Stephen W. Thomas (half brother)
Mary B. (Gill) Thomas (wife)

More information

T/5 George W. Thomas graduated from South Boston High School.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 12 February 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe - 16 September 1944