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Personal info

Full name
ALSPACH, Thomas Newman
Date of birth
16 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
19218632
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Sankt Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 9 2

Immediate family

Members
Ninde N. Alspach (father)
Brownie L. (Hardin) Alspach (mother)
Stewart H. Alspach (brother)
Corwin E. Alspach (brother)
Doris B. Alspach (sister)

More information

Pvt Thomas N. Alspach graduated from North Phoenix High School in 1943 and was employed at the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation in Arizona.
He joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California on 17 February 1944.
His brother, Sgt Corwin Alspach, is buried next to him.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal 26 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V. Drachman,www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1990, Arizona, Phoenix, North High School 1943