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Personal info

Full name
HENDRIX, Thomas Jones
Date of birth
8 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama
Hometown
Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
O-922254
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
1301st Engineer General Service Regiment
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 6 3

Immediate family

Members
Clyde Hendrix (father)
Estelle Hendrix (mother)
Clyde Hendrix Jr. (brother)
Mary B. Hendrix (sister)
Estelle Hendrix (sister)
Helen W. (Bosworth) Hendrix (wife)

More information

Capt Thomas J. Hendrix was employed at the State Highway Department before he enlisted. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was killed during an aerial attack.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Alabama County Marriage Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com – The Decatur Daily 14 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Decatur Daily 14 January 1945