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Personal info

Full name
SCANLON, Thomas James
Date of birth
1 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36356283
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 14 22

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Scanlon (father)
Lillian H. (Minke) Scanlon (mother)
William R. Scanlon (twin brother)

More information

S/Sgt Thomas J. Scanlon enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 30 June 1942.
He attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / Cook County Illinois Birth Certificates Index / Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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