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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Thomas M. Wight

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cairo, Georgia

Honored By

Mrs. Elizabeth W. Gregory

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

TOM FLEW FROM FT. BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA TO NORTH AFRICA, SPRING OF 1944. FLEW SEVERAL MISSIONS, WOUNDED TWICE. KILLED BY ENEMY SHRAPNEL ON LANDING IN PARACHUTE IN SALERNO, ITALY IN EARLY FALL OF 1944. BURIED IN ITALY BUT BODY LATER REMOVED TO CEMETERY IN CAIRO, GEORGIA.