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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Albert
Date of birth
14 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33056107
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
C Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near Vallerange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 13 14

Immediate family

Members
Isaac Thomas (father)
Anna M. (Northwood) Thomas (mother)
James Thomas (brother)
Edward Thomas (brother)
Harold Thomas (brother)
Thomas W. Thomas (brother)
Russell Thomas (brother)
Ellen (Leeds) Thomas (wife)

More information

Sgt Albert Thomas attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 6 April 1942.

He was seriously wounded on 19 November 1944 by a sniper as he was looking out of the top opening of his tank. He died the next day.

The World War II Honor Board on one of the pictures was designed by his father in honor of those who died in World War II and stands at the corner of Reynolds St. and 2nd St. in Plymouth, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Thomas Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Bob, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Bob, Nancy Hedden