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Personal info

Full name
O'MARA, Thomas Augustine
Date of birth
14 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
South Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
South Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31424475
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Jenneville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 53

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. O'Mara (father)
Louise C. O'Mara (mother)
Catherine L. O'Mara (sister)
Elizabeth M. O'Mara (sister)
John J. O'Mara (brother)
Edward O'Mara (brother)

More information

Pvt Thomas A. O'Mara attended high school for four years and was employed at the Albert Richards Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 21 October 1943.

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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery