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Personal info

Full name
THOMASON, Marion Franklin
Date of birth
28 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bangs, Brown County, Texas
Hometown
Bangs, Brown County, Texas

Military service

Service number
20804432
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Henry F. Thomason (father)
Leona (Touchstone) Thomason (mother)
Jim V. Thomason (brother)
Ellis W. Thomason (brother)
Burl Thomason (brother)
Tylene P. Thomason (sister)
Vivian J. (Walker) Thomason (1st wife)
Margaret F. (Waldrop) Thomason (2nd wife)
Janice Thomason (daughter)
Franklin Thomason (son)

More information

Pvt Marion F. Thomason attended Bangs High School for four years and was employed with the Bangs Gazette before he joined the National Guard at Camp Bowie, Texas on 25 November 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Kaster Family Tree / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Jen Peel
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S