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Personal info

Full name
CAVANAUGH, Thomas Patrick
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20101566
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 28 2

Immediate family

Members
Francis B. Cavanaugh (father)
Agnes F. (Clements) Cavanaugh (mother)
Bernard F. Cavanaugh (brother)
Agnes R. Cavanaugh (sister)
Margaret Cavanaugh (sister)
Edna J. (Shaner) Cavanaugh (wife)
Thomas P. Cavanaugh (son)

More information

Pfc Thomas P. Cavanaugh was a driver before he joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cavanaugh Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len