Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
FOGARTY, Thomas M
Date of birth
11 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
20301484
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 18

Immediate family

Members
Thomas M. Fogarty Sr. (father)
Margaret Fogarty (mother)
John Fogarty (Brother)
Margaret Fogarty (sister)

More information

Pvt Thomas M. Fogarty was a messenger before he joined the National Guard in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Tribune Pennsylvania - 6 October 1944