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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Thomas Chester Hemingway

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Clarendon County, South Carolina

Honored By

Nelson McLeod

Relationship

Step Cousin

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Activity During WWII

ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMY ON OCTOBER 21, 1943. TRAINED AT FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA; CAMP WHEELER, GEORGIA; FORT MEADE, MARYLAND; CAMP SHANKS, NEW YORK, AND ENGLAND. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL. KILLED IN ACTION AT LESBOUR DONNIERS, FRANCE ON AUGUST 6, 1944. BURIED AT BETHLEHEM METHODIST CHURCH IN DAVIS STATION, SOUTH CAROLINA.