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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Thomas Leonard
Date of birth
3 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Moosic, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Moosic, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33611737
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Sonlez, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 29

Immediate family

Members
Charles Edwards (father)
Florence C. (Specht) Edwards (mother)
William Edwards (brother)
Charles Edwards (brother)
Margaret Edwards (sister)
Leonard Edwards (brother)
Isabelle Edwards (sister)
Robert Edwards (brother)
Arthur Edwards (brother)
Anna Edwards (sister)

More information

Pvt Thomas L. Edwards attended Moosic High school and was a lumberman.

He enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1943. He was slightly wounded on 14 June 1944 in France for which he was awarded his first Purple Heart.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes Barre Times Leader Pennsylvania - 2 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery