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Personal info

Full name
RYAN, Thomas Francis
Date of birth
12 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31262471
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Near Montagne, Francis

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 2 18

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Ryan (father)
Mary Ryan (mother)
John Ryan (brother)
James Ryan (brother)
Frances Ryan (sister)
Helen Ryan (sister)
Paul Ryan (brother)
Ina A. (Hiltunen) Ryan (wife)

More information

Cpl Thomas F. Ryan was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 12 April 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – Fitchburg Sentinel Massachusetts 5 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Mike Richard - Gardner News