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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Vernon Eugene
Date of birth
8 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
New Hope, Brown County, Ohio
Hometown
West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15311486
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
South of Langerwehe, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 60

Immediate family

Members
Walter H. Thomas (father)
Madge (Fiscus) Thomas (mother)
Charles W. Thomas (brother)
Howard Thomas (brother)
Harriett Thomas (sister)
Margaret Thomas (sister)

More information

Pfc Vernon E. Thomas joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Athens, Ohio on 8 October 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years and attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Pfc Thomas died shortly after the photos on this page were taken in Stolberg, Germany, October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family trees / 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, The Ohio Alumnus, January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mike Gervasi, www.newspapers.com - Dayton Daily News - 14 January 1945