Parents: Arthur Allston (1894 - 1950) and Mahala M. Allston (1897 - 1984).
Additional military info provided by contributor Dee E #47064071: Thomas was in Company I and Killed in Action.
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Further research, 14 Nov 2012: Thomas, according to an article in the Denton Journal, is physically buried in the Denton Cemetery. This would make his headstone in the American Military Cemetery, Belgium only a marker to honor him. His original burial site was in Section KK in Belgium and now the marker is gone. His body arrived Nov 1948 in New York, along with 7 other deceased Delmarva military personnel, aboard the US Army Transport Robert Burns.
Awarded The Purple Heart for wounds received in a previous battle. He was part of the Thunderbolt Division.
Additional military info provided by contributor Dee E #47064071: Thomas was in Company I and Killed in Action.
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Further research, 14 Nov 2012: Thomas, according to an article in the Denton Journal, is physically buried in the Denton Cemetery. This would make his headstone in the American Military Cemetery, Belgium only a marker to honor him. His original burial site was in Section KK in Belgium and now the marker is gone. His body arrived Nov 1948 in New York, along with 7 other deceased Delmarva military personnel, aboard the US Army Transport Robert Burns.
Awarded The Purple Heart for wounds received in a previous battle. He was part of the Thunderbolt Division.
Parents: Arthur Allston (1894 - 1950) and Mahala M. Allston (1897 - 1984).
Additional military info provided by contributor Dee E #47064071: Thomas was in Company I and Killed in Action.
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Further research, 14 Nov 2012: Thomas, according to an article in the Denton Journal, is physically buried in the Denton Cemetery. This would make his headstone in the American Military Cemetery, Belgium only a marker to honor him. His original burial site was in Section KK in Belgium and now the marker is gone. His body arrived Nov 1948 in New York, along with 7 other deceased Delmarva military personnel, aboard the US Army Transport Robert Burns.
Awarded The Purple Heart for wounds received in a previous battle. He was part of the Thunderbolt Division.
Additional military info provided by contributor Dee E #47064071: Thomas was in Company I and Killed in Action.
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Further research, 14 Nov 2012: Thomas, according to an article in the Denton Journal, is physically buried in the Denton Cemetery. This would make his headstone in the American Military Cemetery, Belgium only a marker to honor him. His original burial site was in Section KK in Belgium and now the marker is gone. His body arrived Nov 1948 in New York, along with 7 other deceased Delmarva military personnel, aboard the US Army Transport Robert Burns.
Awarded The Purple Heart for wounds received in a previous battle. He was part of the Thunderbolt Division.
Inscription
Maryland
PFC 329 INF 83 DIV
World War II
