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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, William Beauford
Date of birth
18 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Blountsville, Blount County, Alabama
Hometown
Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34107119
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 9 20

Immediate family

Members
Arthur B. Thomas (father)
Flossie B. (Pertie) Thomas (mother)
Orvil E. Thomas (brother)
Johnie Thomas (brother)
Harold Thomas (brother)
Stanley Thomas (brother)
Gilbert Thomas (brother)
Earl Thomas (brother)
Rebecca Thomas (sister)
Ethelene Thomas (sister)
Lucy B. Thomas (sister)

More information

S/Sgt William B. Thomas enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 9 July 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / A Randy Lineage and Collateral Lines Family Tree / Brady-Cross Family Tree / Alabama WWII Military Dead and Wounded, Martin Diehl / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / John Wortham