Name:
Tom Joles Thorndyke
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
363127
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-22
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
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Tom Joles Thorndyke was born on February 12, 1922, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He was the son of Earl Sherwood Thorndyke and Priscilla Bryer Thorndyke.
He served in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 22, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.