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CAPT James Goodlett Thornton Jr. Veteran

Birth: 8 Apr 1918
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 14 Sep 1944 (aged 26)
Olm, Canton de Capellen, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Burial: Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial

Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Add to Map
Plot: Tablets of the Missing
Memorial ID: 55956995 View Source

The Citadel, Class of 1940. Commander of B Company, 741st Tank Battalion; unit went ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day using 'duplex drive' Sherman tanks fitted with flotation bladders and propellers, all sank before reaching shore but CPT Thornton was rescued and rejoined his company the following day and participated in the fierce fighting during the breakout from Normandy. Reported MIA during combat near the Siegfried Line in Luxembourg, body never recovered.

The Citadel, Class of 1940. Commander of B Company, 741st Tank Battalion; unit went ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day using 'duplex drive' Sherman tanks fitted with flotation bladders and propellers, all sank before reaching shore but CPT Thornton was rescued and rejoined his company the following day and participated in the fierce fighting during the breakout from Normandy. Reported MIA during combat near the Siegfried Line in Luxembourg, body never recovered.

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has a marker at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, NC

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Norine Holbrook Padgett

1918–2004 (m. 1943)

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Maintained by: The Citadel Memorial Europe
Originally Created by: War Graves
Added: Aug 5, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55956995/james_goodlett-thornton: accessed ), memorial page for CAPT James Goodlett Thornton Jr. (8 Apr 1918–14 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55956995, citing Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Maintained by The Citadel Memorial Europe (contributor 47914909).

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