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Personal info

Full name
KELLS, Thomas J Jr
Date of birth
13 September 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Hometown
Burlingame, San Mateo County, California

Military service

Service number
39130584
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
22 September 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Kells (father)
Mildred A. (Hutchinson) Kells (mother)
Gordon K. Kells (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas J. Kells enlisted in San Francisco on 9 April 1943.

He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record - 1942-1949 / Miles Stewart Cowly Family Tree / California Birth Index, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com