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YARBOROUGH, Thomas Whatley - Date of
birth
5 September 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
South Carolina -
Hometown
Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-1294763 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Company Commander -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 April 1945 - Place of
death
Wallwitzhafen, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| O | 3 | 7 |
Immediate family
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Members
David G. Yarborough (father)
Helen (Whatley) Yarborough (mother)
Glenn Yarborough (brother)
Hall Yarborough (brother)
Wiley L. Yarborough (brother)
Mary E. Yarborough (sister)
More information
1st Lt Thomas W. Yarborough graduated from Jenkinsville High School.He was employed at the South Carolina Electric and Gas company before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 11 January 1941.
He finished Officers Candidate School in September 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1943. He landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day.
On the day of his death Lt Yarborough had been in action only one day after recovering from wounds he suffered on 16 April.
1st Lt Thomas W. Yarborough is remembered at the Little River Cemetery in Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Ellen Dunn, Hannah Majewski, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Wood-Yarborough Family Tree / 1st Infantry Division “Big Red One” Unit History, http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/1ID-ETO-OB.htm
Photo source: Fred Munckhof, Ellen Dunn / State 13 May 1945 South Carolina, www.ancestry.com - Wood-Yarborough Family Tree, Hannah Majewski