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Personal info

Full name
MANN, Thomas R Jr
Date of birth
29 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19131703
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Eply, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 19

Immediate family

Members
Thomas R. Mann Sr. (father)
Jane S. Mann (mother)
Peter R. Mann (brother)
Daniel S. Mann (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas R. Mann Jr. graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1940 and attended the University of California for three years where joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort MacArthur, California on 1 February 1943.

He was killed while carrying messages between front line units.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com -1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Van Nuys High School 1940, University of California 1943