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Personal info

Full name
KELLY, Thomas Walter
Date of birth
7 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31416413
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 19

Immediate family

Members
John F. Kelly (father)
Julia F. (Killfoile) Kelly (mother)

More information

Thomas W. Kelly graduated from West Springfield High School and was employed by the Cogswell Manufacturing Company.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 2 December 1943.

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

Source of information: André Koch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / McGruder-Payne Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com