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Personal info

Full name
HAMILTON, Thomas James
Date of birth
15 February 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Maryland
Hometown
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33202629
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Le Neubourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 35 26

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Hamilton (father)
Alice B. (Doxen) Hamilton (mother)
Alice E. Hamilton (sister)
Muriel D. Hamilton (sister)
Linwood G. Hamilton (brother)
Calvin D. Hamilton (brother)
Willard F. Hamilton (brother)
Ruth Hamilton (sister)
Ruth A. (Nusbaum) Hamilton (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Thomas J. Hamilton worked on a farm before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 18 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his stomach and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / August C. Bonsall Jr. Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy