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Casualty Info
Home Town Coatesville, PA
Last Address 744 Merchant St Coatesville, PA
Casualty Date Apr 02, 1944
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Pacific
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii
Other Memories After graduation Thomas obtained employment with the Pennsylvania Rail Road, as a laborer. He was called to service and entered the U.S. Navy on June 8, 1943. He was sent to Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois. After completing boot camp, Thomas was sent to the South Pacific and stationed on New Hebrides, a group of Islands in the Coral Sea, West of Australia and South of the Solomon Islands. Two days before his 19th birthday, Seaman 2nd Class Thomas Boyd Jr, was killed by a Japanese sniper.