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Personal info

Full name
FAIRCLOUGH, Thomas Francis
Date of birth
19 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31298582
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 41 6

Immediate family

Members
James H. Fairclough (father)
Mary A. Fairclough (mother)
John C. Fairclough (brother)
James C. Fairclough (brother)
Gladys E. Fairclough (sister)
William Fairclough (brother)
Arthur J. Fairclough (brother)
Marion Fairclough (sister)
Margaret Fairclough (sister)
Mary E. Fairclough (sister)
Theresa Fairclough (sister)
Elizabeth R. Fairclough (sister)

More information

Cpl Thomas F. Fairclough attended high school for 3 years and was a clerk before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 February 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy