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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Elmer Owen
Date of birth
14 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36974469
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wissembourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 4 65

Immediate family

Members
Alton H. Thomas (father)
Elsie E. (Lester) Thomas (mother)
Clayton L. Thomas (brother)
Gordon H. Thomas (brother)
Mildred F. Thomas (sister)
Violet B. (Czajkowski) Thomas (wife)

More information

Pvt Elmer O. Thomas was employed at the Nu Way Plating Works, owned by his brother Clayton.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / White Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam