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Personal info

Full name
TUMAS, Edward Paul
Date of birth
5 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33415769
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Strauss, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 9 16

Immediate family

Members
John J. Tumas (father)
Catherine F. (Yasevicz) Tumas (mother)
John Tumas (brother)
Casimir Tumas (brother)
Virginia Tumas (sister)
Catherine Tumas (sister)
Ruth Tumas (sister)
Richard Tumas (brother)
Irene Tumas (sister)

More information

Sgt Edward P. Tumas graduated from high school in 1941 and worked as a clerk for U.S. Steel.

He enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 20 January 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1940 Census, www.tankdestroyer.net

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - JFJN