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Personal info

Full name
GARRISON, Thomas Sanford
Date of birth
21 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Commerce, Jackson County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34830711
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 29

Immediate family

Members
Martin L. Garrison (father)
Leah (Ingram) Garrison (mother)
Cleo Garrison (sister)
Lottie P. Garrison (sister)
Olen Garrison (brother)
Hoyt S. Garrison (brother)
Broward Garrison (brother)
Willis Garrison (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas S. Garrison attended high school for four years and was a farm hand.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta Georgia on 2 November 1943.

He died of gangrene, caused by artillery shell fragment wounds in his upper arm and leg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy