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ERNEST E. A. THOMAS


[courtesy of Valarie Vine]

Grave marker for Ernest E. A. Thomas and spouse in Plot: Garden of Honor, Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento (Sacramento county), California.

Ernest enlisted in the Army on 7 December 1938.  In the 1940 Federal census, he is listed as a Private in the Quartermaster Corps Detachment, in Kickapoo, KS, adjacent to Fort Leavenworth.

Pfc Thomas was transferred to Service Company, 508th PIR from Hq 82nd Airborne Division, Leicester, England on 8 September 1944.

Pfc Thomas was discharged on 22 September 1945, his military decorations include the Combat Infantryman Badge for action during campaign, 18 Dec 1944 to 20 Feb 1945.