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Personal info

Full name
MASON, Theodore Palmer
Date of birth
18 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-339109
Rank
Major
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Verviers, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 15

Immediate family

Members
William A. Mason (father)
Annie M. (Turner) Mason (mother)
Mary D. Mason (sister)
William E. Mason (brother)
Julian A. Mason (brother)
Nancy C. Mason (sister)
Betty (Gorham) Mason (wife)
Teddy W. Mason (son)

More information

Maj Theodore P. Mason was a graduate of Woodruff High School and Wofford College with the class of 1936. He was principal of Willow high School and an instructor at the Culver Summer School.

He took ROTC training at Wofford and Fort Bragg and received his training at Fort Benning, Georgia, Camp Polk, Lousiana, Camp Young, California, Camp Pickett, Virginia, and Indiantown Camp. He was overseas for about one year.

Maj Mason was killed by a mortar shell.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Sandy's Family Tree, The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Terry Hirsch, The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina), Hannah Majewski - Mason Family