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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Rayford C
Date of birth
18 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Union County, North Carolina
Hometown
Waxhaw, Union County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34175193
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Gereonsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 11 10

Immediate family

Members
Chall C. Thomas (father)
Fannie L. (Baucom) Thomas (mother)
Ervin B. Thomas (brother)
Olin H. Thomas (brother)
Mary B. Thomas (sister)
Bradley J. Thomas (brother)
Benjiman H. Thomas (brother)
William A. Stillwell (stepbrother)
Lana B. Stillwell (stepsister)

More information

Pfc Rayford C. Thomas was a chauffeur.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 28 November 1941.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 2 December 1944. After being disinterred and after the Cemetery was given a permanent he was given his final resting place on 10 January 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Charlotte - Mecklenburg Library / The Charlotte Observer, Family archive, https://lib.digitalnc.org/