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Personal info

Full name
THURSTON, Claude Francis
Date of birth
2 January 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Hendricks, Shelby County, Indiana
Hometown
Shelby County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35827549
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 3 2

Immediate family

Members
Guy O. Thurston (father)
Sina (Mae) Thurston (mother)
Mable Thurston (sister)
Emery Thurston (brother)
Martha Thurston (sister)
Delbert Thurston (brother)
Laure E. (Doughitt) Thurston (wife)

More information

Pvt Claude F. Thurston enlisted on 5 April 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - OneWordTree / 1930 Census / Enlistment Record / Indiana Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten