Name:
Thomas W . Yarborough
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-1294763
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1945-04-23
State:
South Carolina
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, NLD
Plot:
O
Row:
3
Grave:
7
Decoration:
Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
When Thomas W. Yarborough was born on September 5, 1917, in South Carolina, his father, David, was 27 and his mother, Helen, was 27. He had three brothers and one sister. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a First Lieutenant in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on April 23, 1945 and is now buried in Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands. He is also commemorated on a WWII monument at Mt. Zion Park, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina and has a cenotaph in Little River Cemetery, Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA.