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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Paul Norman
Date of birth
9 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Colonie, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Slingerlands, Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
32944306
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Near Leyviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Thomas (father)
Margaret A. (Swasey) Thomas (mother)
Joseph A. Thomas Jr. (brother)

More information

Cpl Paul N. Thomas attended high school for four years and was employed at the Bethlehem Center School before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 9 September 1943.

Cpl Thomas had four brothers who all served during the war.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Joseph A. Thomas Jr., www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Thomas Family Tree / New York State Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, Kim Thomas