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Personal info

Full name
KRICHBAUM, Thomas Clair Jr
Date of birth
8 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Albion, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33411128
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Moncel-lès-Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 16 31

Immediate family

Members
Thomas C. Krichbaum (father)
Pearl M. (Dorfeld) Krichbaum (mother)
Bonnie (Griffith) Krichbaum (wife)

More information

Pfc Thomas C. Krichbaum Jr. attended high school for four years and employed at the Swanson Oar Company before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 4 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his shoulder.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veterans Compensation Application File WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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