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Personal info

Full name
THOM, Harold L Jr
Date of birth
October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Joliet, Will County, Illinois
Hometown
Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16175182
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Büdesheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 4

Immediate family

Members
Harold L. Thom Sr. (father)
Mabel C. (Sullivan) Thom (mother)
Leslie R. Thom (brother)
Colette M. Thom (sister)
Patricia Thom (sister)
Daniel B. Thom (brother)
Gerald Thom (brother)

More information

Pfc Harold L. Thom attended Joliet High School.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 17 December 1943.

According to German records, Pfc Thom died in Feldlazarett 257 from gunshot wounds in the stomach and testicle area. This German field hospital was stationed in the schoolhouse of Büdesheim/Eifel at that time. Also according these records he died on 20 December 1944 and was initially buried at the local cemetery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART, IDPF of William H. Craig

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - High School Yearbooks