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Personal info

Full name
GLEASON, Thomas Emmett
Date of birth
30 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Todd County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37579862
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 32 17

Immediate family

Members
John B. Gleason (father)
Helen (Statz) Gleason (mother)
Marion Gleason (sister)
Dennis Gleason (brother)
Katherine Gleason (sister)
Jeannette Gleason (sister)
Sarah Gleason (sister)
Genevieve A. (Krombach) Gleason (wife)
Michael T. Gleason (son)

More information

Pfc Thomas E. Gleason graduated from North High School.

He enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 19 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Hamm, Luxembourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, https://familysearch.org, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten