PVT Thomas Richard McCammon

PVT Thomas Richard McCammon was born 6 Apr 1925 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.  He was the oldest of 6, all sons, born to Thomas Ray and Sarah Ellen (Brechbiel) McCammon. His father worked in the pipe shop of a refrigeration manufacturer. Young Thomas managed to complete 3 years of high school.

Thomas was drafted in July 1943. After training he was sent overseas to England and assigned to M Company 116th Infantry. He trained with the unit for the amphibious assault that would be part of the invasion of occupied France. He took part in the D-Day landings and fought with the unit as the regiment struggled to push inland. His unit listed him as missing in action on 9 Jun 1944 but returned to the unit on 12 Jun 1944. PVT McCammon was wounded on 21 Jun 1944 and evacuated to hospital where he died of his wound(s) on 22 Jun 1944.

PVT McCammon was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred with family in Green Hill Cemetery in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.

Brother Frederick Harold McCammon served in an artillery unit in Korea, 1950-1951.