Name:
Thaine J. Hale
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
20721516
Unit:
134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-09-20
State:
Nebraska
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cem. and Memorial, France
Plot:
B
Row:
12
Grave:
35
Decoration:
Silver Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Thaine J. Hale was born on December 20, 1919 in Nebraska. He was the son of Russell J. Hale and Anita Fay Farthing Hale. Thaine served in Company A, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division as a Staff Sergeant during World War II. He died on September 20, 1944 at the age of 24 during the battle for liberation of Agincourt, France and is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.