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FINNERTY, Thomas P - Date of
birth
27 September 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
New York City, New York -
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32882254 -
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
Medical Detachment,
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
26 March 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Worms, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Peter J. Finnerty (father)
Catherine (Caufield) Finnerty (mother)
James Finnerty (brother)
John P. Finnerty (brother)
Helen Finnerty (sister)
Catherine Finnerty (sister)
Peter F. Finnerty (brother)
Genevieve Finnerty (sister)
Della Finnerty (sister)
Thomas Finnerty (brother)
More information
T/4 Thomas P. Finnerty graduated from La Salle High School and was a clerk.He enlisted in New York City, New York on 3 April 1943.
He took part in the African and Italian campaigns, before his unit was transferred to France. On 23 January 1944, he was wounded in action in his leg by artillery shell fragments at Anzio and hospitalized until March 1944.
On 26 March 1945, while crossing the River Rhine in the vicinity of Worms Germany, the boat with Capt – Chaplain Loren L. Stanton and several medics on board capsized.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US ww2 Hospital Admission Cards/ Finnerty Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Frogman, Family collection – courtesy of Victoria P. Young – Genealogy Research of NC