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Personal info

Full name
COUGHLIN, Thomas Raymond
Date of birth
9 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Au Sable Forks, Clinton County, New York
Hometown
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31256391
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mietesheim or Griesbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 10 8

Immediate family

Members
Daniel J. Coughlin (father)
Bridget A. (Williams) Coughlin (mother)
Bernard Coughlin (brother)
David F. Coughlin (brother)
Ann M. Coughlin (sister)
Daniel E. Coughlin (brother)
Elizabeth M. Coughlin (sister)
Constance I. (Fleming) Coughlin (wife)

More information

Pfc Thomas R. Coughlin enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 30 November 1942.

He was married to Constance Irene Fleming in 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, 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 / 1930/1940 Census / 143rd-October-to-end.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Thomas Welch