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Personal info

Full name
DERBY, Thomas Fred
Date of birth
5 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lake Placid, Essex County, New York
Hometown
North Elba, Essex County, New York

Military service

Service number
12004680
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Atton, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 42

Immediate family

Members
Gordon F. Derby (father)
Cora M. (Fleury) Derby (mother)
Irene F. Derby (sister)
Violet D. Derby (sister)
Georgina Derby (sister)
Annabelle R. Derby (sister)
Donald R. Derby (brother)
James G. Derby (brother)
Ethel (Searcy) Derby (wife)

More information

Pvt Thomas F. Derby attended high school for two years before he joined the Regular Army in Albany, New York on 25 September 1940.

He was married to Ethel Searcy in Spartanburg, South Carolina on 22 May 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Donovan-Miller Family Tree / New York Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
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