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Personal info

Full name
GRUBBS, Thomas Merle
Date of birth
18 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35898402
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 47

Immediate family

Members
Schuyler Grubbs (father)
Martha A. (Dangler) Grubbs (mother)
Dorothy H. Grubbs (sister)

More information

Pvt Thomas M. Grubbs attended Hammond Technical High School.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 8 November 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - The Hammond Times
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - The Hammond Times