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BRIGGS, Thomas Martin - Date of
birth
28 June 1925 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Vienna, Austria -
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
42033979 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
13 October 1945 - Place of
death
Brû, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
More information
Pfc Thomas M. Briggs enlisted in New York City, New York, on 28 August 1943.He was officially declared death one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
He is remembered with a marble plaque on the cemetery wall in the village of Brû.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Alabama, Naturalization Records, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Jean Marie Siret / Andy