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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Paul Harrison
Date of birth
19 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bradford, McKeen County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33775754
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 43 7

Immediate family

Members
LeRoy H. Thomas (father)
Dora L. (Brown) Thomas (mother)
Kathryn D. Thomas (sister)
Ora B. Thomas (sister)
William H. Thomas (brother)

More information

Pfc Paul H. Thomas graduated with the class of 1944 at Bradford High School before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 18 March 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / S Bolles Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Bradford Evening Star and the Bradford Daily Record - 28 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspaperarchive.com - The Bradford Era / www.newspapers.com - Bradford Evening Star and the Bradford Daily Record - 28 December 1944