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Personal info

Full name
O'CALLAHAN, Thomas D
Date of birth
25 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35585623
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Near Niederwurzbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 8 57

Immediate family

Members
John J. O'Callahan (father)
Nora T. (Donnelly) O'Callahan (mother)
Theresa M. O'Callahan (sister)
Eileen M. O'Callahan (sister)
John J. O'Callahan Jr. (brother)
Mary L. O'Callahan (sister)
Robert F. O'Callahan (brother)
Francis O'Callahan (brother)

More information

Pvt Thomas D. O'Callahan graduated from Arsenal Technical High School. He was employed as a plumber at the Eli Lilly & Co.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 30 January 1943.

His brother, John J. O'Callahan, served in a medical detachment with the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment and was killed on 6 June 1944. He is buried at Normandy American Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Quanah Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam