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Personal info

Full name
LARDNER, Thomas Edward
Date of birth
25 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33729885
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 36

Immediate family

Members
Denis P. Lardner (father)
Martha (Comer) Lardner (mother)
John J. Lardner (brother)
James Lardner (brother)
Richard Lardner (brother)
Bernetta Lardner (sister)

More information

Pvt Thomas E. Lardner graduated from Mount St. Joseph High School in 1943 and was employed as a messenger by The Sun.


He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 13 July 1943.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records, AAR 51st AIB 44 thru May 1945, www.newspapers.com - The Baltimore Sun

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Mount St. Joseph High School Yearbook 1943