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Personal info

Full name
THORNTON, Troy A
Date of birth
23 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Itawamba County, Mississippi
Hometown
Lee County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34000577
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
7 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 20 13

Immediate family

Members
Willie P. Thornton (father)
Beulah A. (Stanford) Thornton (mother)
Cecil R. Thornton (brother)
Rubie M. Thornton (sister)
Paul Thornton (brother)
Eva L. Thornton (sister)

More information

Pfc Troy A. Thornton enlisted in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 6 December 1940.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

He is remembered at the Stephens Cemetery in Mantachie, Itawamba County, Missisippi.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Davis and Allied Families Tree / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S / Travis Dulaney