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Personal info

Full name
KANE, Thomas R
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31342227
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Near Worms, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 75

Immediate family

Members
Josephine L. Kane (mother)

More information

Cpl Thomas R. Kane attended high school for 3 years and was a driver before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 2 April 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
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