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Personal info

Full name
THEIN, Raymond J
Date of birth
19 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Jay County, Indiana
Hometown
Butler, Mercer County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35037457
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 24 31

Immediate family

Members
John Thein (father)
Theresa M. (Fisher) Thein (mother)
Edward B. Thein (brother)
Dorothy G. Thein (sister)
Frederick F. Thein (brother)
Richard Thein (brother)
James F. Thein (brother)
Francis J. Thein (brother)

More information

T/5 Raymond J. Thein worked in a textile factory before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Ohio.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, , www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census U.S. / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Cousins all we are Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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