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Personal info

Full name
GADD, Thomas A
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Chickamauga, Calhoun County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34832504
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Jack L. Gadd (father)
Laura E. (Price) Gadd (mother)
Claud J. Gadd (brother)
James R. Gadd (brother)
Ethel Gadd (sister)
Lula R. Gadd (sister)
Cora G. Gadd (sister)
Lucille (Dill) Gadd (wife)
Thomas Gadd (son)

More information

Pfc Thomas A. Gadd worked in a textile factory.

He enlisted at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 30 November 1943.
His brother, Pfc James R. Gadd, died of his wounds on 2 March 1945 and is buried at the Luxembourg American Military Cemetery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Gadd Family message Board

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, Chattanooga Daily Times - 3 March 1945