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Personal info

Full name
MCCARTHY, Thomas Paul
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Rosebank, Richmond County, New York

Military service

Service number
32180935
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
756th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Brouvelieures, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 51

Immediate family

Members
James F. McCarthy (father)
Mary J. McCarthy (mother)
James F. McCarthy (brother)
William J. McCarthy (brother)
John M. McCarthy (brother)
Charles T. McCarthy (brother)
Michael J. McCarthy (brother)

More information

Sgt Thomas P. McCarthy was a longshoreman before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 4 September 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 - Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy