Nead D Thomas

Pvt Nead Thomas was killed in action on 19 June 1944, serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment. On 19 June 1944, the 116th Infantry, as part of the wider regimental combat team, held its position while sending out patrols to probe the ground ahead and along its flanks. Division records note that a small enemy counterattack struck nearby in the 115th Infantry's sector that day and was beaten back, but the 116th's own front was not the site of that action. For the men of the Regimental Troops specifically, the day appears to have been one of steady watchfulness and patrol activity rather than direct combat, though surviving records describe the regiment's movements only at this broader level. Pvt Thomas was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.