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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, John Robert
Date of birth
18 March 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39597634
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Near Lauda-Königshofen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 26 27

Immediate family

Members
Franklin Thomas (father)
Marie E. (Planck) Thomas (mother)
William P. Thomas (brother)
Richard E. Thomas (brother)
Edward A. Thomas (brother)
Eleanor M. Thomas (sister)
Margaret Thomas (sister)
Katherine Thomas (sister)

More information

Pvt John R. Thomas college before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 15 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen - Company's / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Rohana Bliss Mishler Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
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