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Personal info

Full name
FLYNN, Thomas Turner
Date of birth
25 July 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
South Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35873557
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
9 July 1944
Place of death
England

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 35

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Flynn (father)
Laura (White) Flynn (mother)
Albert Flynn (brother)
Orpha Flynn (sister)
Raymond Flynn (brother)
Virginia Flynn (sister)
Everet E. Flynn (brother)
James R. Flynn (brother)
Nettie Flynn (sister)
Sopha Flynn (sister)

More information

Thomas T. Flynn was a chauffeur for James Davis and Sons.

He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 5 August 1943. He received his training at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi, and Fort Dix, New Jersey and was sent overseas in March 1944. He participated in the D-Day invasion on Utah Beach on 6 June 1944.

He was wounded in action in France on 6 July 1944, evacuated to England and died three days later.

Pvt Flynn was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Brookwood, England.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy on 5 July 1944.

His brother, James R. Flynn, was killed in action on 25 March 1945 and is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Enlistment Record, National Archives, CWGC-ABMC, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspaperarchive.com - Hamilton Daily News Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier, www.newspaperarchive.com - Hamilton Daily News Journal, They Speak - Voices of Henry-Chapelle American Cemetery