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Personal info

Full name
MC CARTHY, Thomas Clements
Date of birth
12 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Hometown
Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
11027969
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Battery,
391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 1

Immediate family

Members
Frederick C. Mc Carthy (father)
Florence P. Mc Carthy (mother)
Frederick C. Mc Carthy (brother)
Hazel V. Mc Carthy (sister)

More information

T/5 Thomac C. Mc Carthy attended Portland High School and graduated from Edward Little High School. He was employed at the South Portland shipyards

His brother, Pfc Frederick C. McCarthy, served with the military police.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Aimee Fogg, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Maine U.S. Birth Records

Photo source: Aimee Fogg