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Personal info

Full name
THALMAN, Norman E
Date of birth
12 May 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Bernhards, Somerset County, New Jersey
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39710556
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 November 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edwin Thalman (father)
Selina (Zelleter) Thalman (mother)
Edward Thalman (brother)
John J. Thalman (brother)

More information

His parents immigrated from Switserland in 1920. His father Edwin has been the owner of an ammunition factory.

Pvt Norman E. Thalman enlisted on 20 September 1943 in Los Angeles, California.

The family picture shows the Thalman's in Los Angeles, Hancock Park: from left to right mother Selina Thalman, brother John J. Thalman with their father Edwin Thalman, Pvt Norman E. Thalman himself and his brother Edward Thalman.

His brother Edward Thalman served with the U.S. Navy en was stationed in Italy where he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - U.S., WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, California Birth Index, Stuver Family Tree, 1930/1940 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - ssicnfly, Peter Schouteten