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Personal info

Full name
TRENT, Thomas Alvin
Date of birth
21 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Appomattox County, Virginia
Hometown
Clover Hill, Appomattox County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33444115
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Nieder Betschdorf, france

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 12

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Trent (father)
Bessie W. Trent (mother)
Mary V. Trent (sister)
Irene L. Trent (sister)
Robert Trent (brother)
Elois Trent (sister)
Joel Trent (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Thomas A. Trent attended high school for three years and was a molder before he enlisted in Charlottesville, Virginia on 18 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Bil Wheeler