Thomas W Dowdy

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Serial number38108765

Birth year1922

RankT/5

Unit280th Quartermaster Battalion, 461st Amphibian Truck Company

Date of death1944-06-06

LocationOmaha Beach

The story

T/5 Dowdy was killed in action on 06 June 1944, serving with 461st Amphibian Truck Company, 280th Quartermaster Battalion.

This location is an estimated position — the most specific place recorded in the source — not an exact spot.

Source: NARA

Estimated position (sector-level), shown here with nearby casualties.

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Enlistment date1902-09-11

Coordinates49.369591, -0.871877 (sector estimate)

MR date reported1944-06-11

MR page1

Confidence levelEstimated (sector-level)

Source: US National Archives, Record Group 64 "Records of the National Archives and Records Administration", Series "Morning Reports, 1940-1946"

Same company (461AMPHCO), 1944-06-06