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Personal info

Full name
LYON, Thomas A
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Iowa
Hometown
Beadle County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37565570
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Near Kaiserslautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 45

Immediate family

Members
John A. Lyon (father)

More information

Pfc Thomas A. Lyon enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 2 June 1942.

He was a driver before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.trailblazersww2.org
Photo source: http://www.trailblazersww2.org