Name:
Thomas U. Price
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
12199029
Unit:
555th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-11-18
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery
Plot:
K
Row:
40
Grave:
24
Decoration:
Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
Thomas U. Price was born in 1922 in California. He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 26, 1942 in Buffalo, New York. He was noted as being employed as a Driver and also as Single, without dependents. Thomas served as a Staff Sergeant, 555th Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was Killed in Action on November 18, 1944, when his B-26 Marauder, named the "Son of Satan," was shot down during a bombing run over Germany. He is now buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France. His name is also commemorated on a monument located at Great Dunmow, England, but his middle initial is iscribed as A.