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Personal info

Full name
THARP, Thomas Lacy
Date of birth
19 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Medulla, Polk County, Florida
Hometown
Bartow, Polk County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34795333
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 57

Immediate family

Members
John J. Tharp (father)
Mary E. (Roberts) Tharp (mother)
Alice G. Tharp (sister)

More information

Pfc Thomas L. Tharp attended Florida Southern College before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 30 October 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

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 Draft Cards Young Men / Reaves Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy