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Personal info

Full name
LANGSTON, Thomas Henry
Date of birth
8 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pitt County, North Carolina
Hometown
Winterville, Pitt County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
33525676
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 7 32

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Langston Sr. (father)
Alice M. (Everett) Langston (mother)
Mary S. Langston (sister)
Richard E. Langston (brother)
Harry L. Langston Jr. (brother)
Alice M. Langston (sister)
David B. Langston (brother)
Mildred (Coble) Langston (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Thomas H. Langston attended college for one year before he enlisted in Richmond Virginia on 12 February 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Thomas J. Langston, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bradley Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Patricia Bradley