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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Elso Irvin
Date of birth
16 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Bayard, Guthrie County, Iowa
Hometown
Lansing, Mower County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37296426
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Near Achen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 21

Immediate family

Members
Lewis S. Thomas (father)
Carrie (Ryks) Thomas (mother)
Lewis S. Thomas Jr. (brother)
Florence E. Thomas (sister)
Charles W. Thomas (brother)
Kathleen L. Thomas (sister)
Ronald Thomas (brother)
Caroline Thomas (sister)

More information

Elso Thomas attended Austin High School and worked on a farm.

During his deployment in Great Britain, he married a British girl who was living in London.

Pvt Thomas died of wounds received on 3 December 1944. He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / Ryks Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry, The Austin Daily Herald (Austin, Minnesota) - 30 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Austin Daily Herald - 7 May 1945