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Personal info

Full name
AMATO, Thomas Albert
Date of birth
2 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35316201
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 41 16

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Amato (father)
Carlotta Amato (mother)
Thelma Amato (sister)
Dorothy Amato (sister)
Ruth G. Amato (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Thomas A. Amato enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 25 July 1942.

He graduated from Sandusky High School in 1936 and from DePauw University in 1940 Greencastle, Indiana.

T/Sgt Amato was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: -, DePauw University 1940