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Personal info

Full name
VEANUS, Thomas Albert Jr
Date of birth
4 April 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33485535
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Ehingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 35 32

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. Veanus Sr. (father)
Catherine M. (Gerlach) Veanus (mother)
Rita T. Veanus (sister)
Lucy R. Veanus (sister)
Frances E. (Bicking) Veanus (wife)

More information

Pfc Thomas A. Veanus Jr. attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 21 December 1942. He first served with the Military Police for two years and was transferred to the infantry. He was sent overseas in March 1945.

He was killed by small arms fire to his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call 25 May 1945
Photo source: The Bethelem Globe