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Personal info

Full name
DRAWDY, Thomas Rufus
Date of birth
29 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina
Hometown
White Oak, Fairfield County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
14164845
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Near Boppard, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 71

Immediate family

Members
Herbert H. Drawdy (father)
Florence E. (Goins) Drawdy (mother)
Lillie E. Drawdy (sister)
Hayward G. Drawdy (brother)
Clara M. Drawdy (sister)
Frances Drawdy (sister)
Frank Drawdy (brother)
Betty J. Drawdy (sister)
James H. Drawdy (brother)
Shirley J. Drawdy (sister)
Brenda J. Drawdy (sister)
Lucille E. Drawdy (wife)

More information

Pvt Thomas R. Drawdy attended local schools and was employed at Republic Cotton Mills.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 6 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Luther Lee Collins Family Tree / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery