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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Robert Lee
Date of birth
7 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Blackwater, Saline County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37730190
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Weilerbach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 5 24

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Thomas (father)
Mamie E. (French) Thomas (mother)
Edna M. Thomas (sister)
Mary B. Thomas (sister)
Elizabeth A. Thomas (sister)
Lillian A. Thomas (sister)
Mildred G. Thomas (sister)
Walter E. Thomas (brother)
Ernest R. Thomas (brother)
Dorothy J. Thomas (sister)
Josephine Thomas (half sister)
Kate L. Thomas (half sister)
Lucy J. Thomas (half sister)
Cordis A. Thomas (half brother)
Gladys Thomas (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert L. Thomas worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 31 December 1943.

He was reported wounded in action in France on 11 September 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Thomas – Driver Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem