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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, George Edward
Date of birth
26 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Williamson County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
6834871
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
George O. Thomas (father)
Laura (Dwyer) Thomas (mother)

More information

S/Sgt George E. Thomas attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale for one year in the Class of 1939. He was a Clerk general office.

He joined the Regular Army in Camp Grant, Illinois on 18 June 1941.

S/Sgt George E. Thomas is remembered at Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, Williamson County, Illinois with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Dwyer Gallo Roots, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Southern Illinois University 1936, www.findagrave.com