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Personal info

Full name
HAYES, Thomas Hill
Date of birth
25 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Troy, Obion County, Tennessee
Hometown
Obion County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34192551
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 18

Immediate family

Members
Jake B. Hayes (father)
Polkie (Dodson) Hayes (mother)

More information

S/Sgt Thomas H. Hayes enlisted in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 12 March 1942.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a waiter before he enlisted.

S/Sgt Hayes was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery