Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Louis M
Date of birth
6 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Kinlock, Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33669816
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 14

Immediate family

Members
Julius Thomas (father)
Constance Thomas (mother)

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/193/193_honor.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com