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World War II
Thermon James Stanbery

US
naval reserve
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Ship's Cook 2nd Class

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9 June 1944-Normandy, France
This is a photo of the Omaha Beach Landing about the time of his death
The first wave of landing crafts were with soldiers and following them taking
the beach, the landing of tanks, jeeps, food supplies and other machinery was underway.
They were under fire the whole time.
Each one is a has its own numbers and he was on several different ones.



I found he is listed in the records of the Roll of Honour Landing Craft deaths in Normandy.
It is a little difficult to use but at the bottom of the page you want page 35. (but it is easier to just put his last name in "Find on page" and it will go right to it.)

They list several numbers for him.  Most of the dead were on just one landing craft but he was on several, likely he was moving back and forth operating on several. With the numbers you can do research on Omaha Beach and put his story together. He was killed in action.
That website tells about the book/author who collected the information for his book and luckily he has shared it.
Thermon J Stanbery is in a cemetery overlooking "Omaha Beach". That info below.


His WWII Registration Card is on this page below.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
7 Oct 1944

The Denison Press
6 Oct 1944
The Information about it being in the Pacific was
to hide the details about preparations about D-Day.
He died at Normandy, France and is buried there.



U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military

Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949


This Cemetery overlooks "Omaha Beach"
Their story is on the cemetery page.


NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY, COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE



His WWII Registration Card.





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