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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, James Cleveland
Date of birth
8 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina
Hometown
Stanly County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34609733
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
East of Grosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 37 20

Immediate family

Members
Lyles O. Thomas (father)
Grace P. (Corriher) Thomas (mother)
Richard Thomas (brother)
Ralph E. Thomas (brother)
Beulah (Chandler) Thomas (wife)
James Thomas (son)

More information

Pfc James C. Thomas worked in the manufacturing of textiles

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 17 March 1943.

He joined his unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on 19 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - tradrjeff, NC Digital collections - courtesy of Debbie Holloman