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Personal info

Full name
THOMAS, Joseph
Date of birth
25 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Campbell, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35394300
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
B Company,
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Near Saulx de Vesoul, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 32

Immediate family

Members
Joe Thomas (father)
Helen G. Thomas (mother)
John Thomas (brother)
James G. Thomas (brother)
Anthony G. Thomas (brother)

More information

T/4 Joseph E. Thomas and the entire crew was killed when his M-10 tank destroyer was knocked out by an 88mm shell.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

A monument near the town of Saulx de Vesoul, France bears his name.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Morisette Ponce Family Tree, www.findagrave.com Albert Ledoux, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.usmilitariaforum.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy