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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Thomas Fowles
Date of birth
23 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Rhodesia, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33859152
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Lampaden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 10 15

Immediate family

Members
George A. Roberts (father)
Bertha E. (Fowles) Roberts (mother)
Tudor R. Roberts (brother)
Mary E. Roberts (sister)
Ruth E. (Boyington) Roberts (wife)

More information

Pvt Thomas F. Roberts attended Iowa State College for three years and was employed as a topographical engineer with the United States geological survey.

He enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 28 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bird Family Tree / Montana County Marriages, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Iowa State College - 1942