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Personal info

Full name
TREFILL, Tony O
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Oregon
Hometown
Aransas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18048474
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Rocherath, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 8 38

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Trefill (father)
Bessie Trefill (mother)
Gus Mills (stepfather)
Manuel O. Trefill (brother)
John Trefill (brother)
Amelia Trefill (sister)
Mary Trefill (sister)
Virginia Trefill (sister)

More information

Pvt Tony O. Trefill was employed by a commercial seafood dealer before he enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 15 January 1941.

He was reported wounded in action on 9 June 1944 and was admitted to an army hospital for three months.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspaperarchive.com - Aransas Pass Progress

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Aransas Pass Progress