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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Thomas Owen
Date of birth
13 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Green Lake, Green Lake County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36277287
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
42nd Tank Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rechrival, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 10

Immediate family

Members
David D. Williams (father)
Irene L. (Bazeley) Williams (mother)
Wynne B. Williams (brother)
Robert S. Williams (brother)
Catherine L. Williams (sister)
Quintin E. Williams (brother)
Aimee A. Williams (sister)
Dale D. Williams (brother)
Marian L. Williams (sister)
Raymond L. Collins (half-brother)

More information

T/5 Thomas O. Williams enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 22 October 1942. He was stationed at various camps in Louisiana and Camp Cook, California.

His half-brother Raymond died of his wounds, sustained on board a destroyer in the Pacific area.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Ohio County Marriages 1774-1993, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com, www.newspapers.com - The Oshkosh Northwestern 15 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery