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Personal info

Full name
GRIMES, Thomas Francis
Date of birth
24 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33051241
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Büdesheim/Eifel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 72

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Grimes (father)
Mary E. Grimes (mother)
Mary Grimes (sister)
Catherine T. Grimes (sister)
Margaret Grimes (sister)

More information

Sgt Thomas F. Grimes was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 April 1941.

According to German records, Sgt Grimes was taken prisoner and died in Feldlazarett 257 of a head shot wound. This German field hospital was stationed in the schoolhouse of Büdesheim/Eifel, Germany at that time. He was initially buried at the local cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1920/1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, http://112th-infantry.blogspot.com/p/honor-roll-of-fallen.html, IDPF of William H. Craig
Photo source: Peter Schouteten