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Personal info

Full name
ELIAS, Thomas
Date of birth
5 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31368823
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 5 6

Immediate family

Members
Mike Elias (father)
Mary Elias (mother)
Howard Elias (brother)
Jacqueline (Peters) Elias (wife)

More information

Pvt. Thomas Elias graduated from Norwood High School in 1932 where he was a member of the Glee Club.

He was employed at Bird & Son before he enlisted on 26 July 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Massachusetts)

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Dorthe Elias, Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Massachusetts)