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Personal info

Full name
SMILLIE, Thomas Turner Jr
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31359731
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Spicheren, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 3 48

Immediate family

Members
Thomas T. Smillie (father)
Lucine F. Smillie (mother)
Lorraine Smillie (sister)
Claudia R. Smillie (sister)
Roberta Smillie (sister)

More information

Pvt Thomas T. Smillie Jr. enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 2 June 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a gardener before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / James Collins Wales / 1940 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy