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Personal info

Full name
O'BRIEN, Thomas F "Red"
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Rhode Island
Hometown
Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31233198
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Reuler-Clervaux, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 13 4

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Frank O'Brien (father)
Madeline O'Brien (mother)
George W. O'Brien (brother)
Dorothy O'Brien (sister)
Robert O'Brien (brother)
James O'Brien (brother)

More information

T/5 Thomas F. O'Brien worked in the leather industry.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 14 November 1942.

Thomas F. O'Brien was killed by sniper fire while guarding crossroads in the village of Reuler in the area of Chervaux.

The bottom picture was taken in the Area of Mecher, Luxembourg on 12 January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com - Terry A. Macdonald, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / 1925/1935 Census Rhode Island

Photo source: Silvano Theunissen