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Personal info

Full name
MANUEL, Thomas
Date of birth
22 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Robertsville, Anderson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Andersonville, Anderson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34922813
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Arloncourt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 13 3

Immediate family

Members
Ike T. Manuel (father)
Ethel (Philips) Manuel (mother)
Sophie L. Manuel (sister)
Bernard Manuel (brother)
George H. Manuel (brother)
Lelia E. Manuel (sister)
Marybell Manuel (sister)
Imogene Manuel (sister)

More information

Pvt Thomas Manuel worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 13 January 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Filter LeVier Tree / 1940 Census, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, http://www.super6th.org/
Photo source: Peter Schouteten