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Personal info

Full name
GRADY, Thomas James
Date of birth
5 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32484184
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Schönberg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 36

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Grady (father)
Rita M. Grady (mother)

More information

Pfc Thomas J. Grady was employed at Roller Bearing Company. He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 11 December 1942.

He was shot down by the enemy while attempting to make a single-handed attack on a German machine gun nest in an effort to save his comrades from annihilation at the hands of the foe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com - The Times - 16 September 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Times - 16 September 1945