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Personal info

Full name
WALLACE, Thomas Edward
Date of birth
24 October 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31032382
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 46

Immediate family

Members
Matthew Wallace (father)
Teresa V. (Shanahan) Wallace (mother)
Marion K. Wallace (sister)
Pauline L. (Ross) Wallace (wife)
Paul T. Wallace (son)

More information

Pvt Thomas E. Wallace attended high school for two years and was employed at the Macirema Corporation before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 21 March 1941.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments in his chest and spleen.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / A Lander Murphy Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery