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Personal info

Full name
COOMBS, Thomas Gardner
Date of birth
3 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31327219
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Steinebrück - Winterspelt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 19

Immediate family

Members
Samuel S. Coombs (father)
Martha (Gardner) Coombs (mother)

More information

Sgt Thomas G. Coombs graduated from East Hartford High School and was employed at the New Britain Machine Company.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 8 March 1943 and was sent overseas in October, 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hannah Majewski, www.newspapers.com - East Hartford Weekly Gazette 20 April 1945