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Personal info

Full name
TRACEY, Thomas Edward
Date of birth
7 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35787247
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Near Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 21 33

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Tracey (father)
Margaret C. (Tobin) Tracey (mother)
John T. Tracey (brother)
Marilyn M. Tracey (sister)

More information

Pfc Thomas E. Tracey attended high school for 3 years before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 5 February 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Tracey Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
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