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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Truman Isaac
Date of birth
11 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34739056
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 5 16

Immediate family

Members
Elie Thomas (father)
Leddie M. (Summers) Thomas (mother)
Viella Thomas (sister)
Gladys Thomas (sister)
John W. Thomas (brother)
Mary L. Thomas (sister)
Donald B. Thomas (brother)
Eula F. Thomas (sister)

More information

Pvt Truman I. Thomas enlisted at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia on 3 July 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted. On 8 and 9 February the 10th Infantry Regiment made an attack on the Siegfried Line, crossing the Sauer River near Weilerbach under fire of enemy machine-guns and artillery.
A lot of the rubber and wooden boats were destroyed during the river crossing.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S Social Security Applications , A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem / Rie