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Personal info

Full name
ROBINSON, Thomas Cecil
Date of birth
5 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Newton County, Mississippi
Hometown
Chunky, Newton County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34989816
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 46

Immediate family

Members
Ron R. Robinson (father)
Mattie Robinson (mother)
Jessie Robinson (brother)
Susie E. Robinson (wife)
Bettie R. Robinson (daughter)

More information

Pfc Thomas C. Robinson was a WPA laborer employed by the V&MV Railroad before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 30 April 1944.
He was reported seriously wounded in action on 27 December when B Company left Tintange to attack the village of Boulaide in Luxembourg.

He was killed by small arms fire in the groin, hip and buttock.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem