RAIDERS Thornberry, Samuel Paul

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thornberry​

• FORENAME

Samuel Paul​

• UNIT

4th Raider Battalion (HQ Company)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

404843​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1943​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Michigan​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

resided Michigan​

born 25.08.1918, Senath, Missouri, USA​

father James Benjamin Thornberry (1880-1935)​

mother Amanda Belle (nee Cates) Thornberry (1884-1962)​

wife Evelyn Bell (nee Stevens) Bohl (1920-1995) (married 1938)​

daughter Barbara A. Thornberry (1942-1942)​

10.06.1942 entered service​

01.1943 4th Raider Bn.​

Next of kin - Wife. Mrs. Evelyn Thornsberry, 2024 Goodrich Street, Flint, Michigan​

KIA Viru Harbour, New Georgia, Solomon Islands​

Name as Thornsberry - clerical error!​

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