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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Elmer Worth
Date of birth
20 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Burks, Floyd County, Virginia
Hometown
Willis, Floyd County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
35429399
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Truck Driver, Light
Unit
165th Signal Photographic Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Eschweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 16

Immediate family

Members
Homer E. Thomas (father)
Ella M. (Harris) Thomas (mother)
Ora G. Thomas (sister)
Walter E. Thomas (brother)
Nova B. (Underwood) Thomas (wife)
Elmer W. Thomas Jr. "Jimmy" (son)

More information

Elmer Thomas was married to Nova Belle Underwood on 7 February 1942.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 2 May 1942.

According to the Morning Report of the Company, one enlisted man was killed at 07:30 hrs. by an enemy anti-personnel bomb that hit the command post area of the 104th Signal Company. Given that the Morning Report mentions no other victims for this date, this can only involve T/5 Thomas. The 104th Sginal Company was part of the 104th Infantry Division and was stationed in that area around that date.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 / Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014 / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery - Chris Thomas (grandson)