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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Patrick Van
Date of birth
16 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Hometown
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35491566
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Görlitz, Poland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 12 29

Immediate family

Members
Hardin W. Thomas (father)
Nora M. (Blandford) Thomas (mother)
Elizabeth Thomas (sister)
Margaret M. Thomas (sister)
William A. Thomas (brother)
Hardin W. Thomas (brother)
Robert W. Thomas (brother)
Jack Thomas (brother)

More information

T/4 Patrick V. Thomas awas a salesman.

He enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 28 August 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was taken prisoner of war in the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany on 16 December 1944 and died at Stalag VIII-A.

At the time of his death his brother William served with the U.S. Navy, Thomas was recovering in a hospital in France and Robert was stationed in the Marianas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Records of World War II Prisoners of War, http://www.IndianaMilitary.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Indiana Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - Messenger Inquirer - 1 July 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Messenger Inquirer - 1 July 1945