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Personal info

Full name
LASH, Thomas W
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan
Hometown
Frenchtown, Monroe County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16177029
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Walsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 8

Immediate family

Members
Carl M. Lash Sr. (father)
Myrtle E. (McFarland) Lash (mother)
Elizabeth I. Lash (sister)
Carl M. Lash Jr. (brother)
Mary L. Lash (sister)

More information

Pfc Thomas W. Lash attended high school for four years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 14 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / McFarland Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com